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Table 1 Unit cost per healthcare resource used and source of estimate

From: Pattern of healthcare resource utilization and direct costs associated with manic episodes in Spain

Resource

Source of estimate

Cost (€, 2007)

Hospitalization

  

   Psychiatric hospital stay/day

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

240.27

Primary care

  

   Primary care physician visit

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

15.67

   Community-based visiting nurse service

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

15.65

   Lithium determination

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

9.02

   Group psychotherapy

Official Psychologist Associations of Cataluña, Castilla la Mancha, Cantabria, Las Palmas, Barcelona

24.86

   Outpatient emergency dept. visit

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

110.94

Specialized care

  

   Psychiatrist visit

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

39.99

   Nonpyschiatric specialist visit

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

79.46

   Psychologist visit

Official Psychologist Associations of Cataluña, Castilla la Mancha, Cantabria, Las Palmas, Barcelona

50

   Hospital emergency dept. visit

Soikos (2004) & INE (2007)

120.21