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Table 1 Unit costs to value healthcare utilization

From: Economic evaluation of stepped-care versus usual care for depression and anxiety in older adults with vision impairment: randomized controlled trial

Cost category

Unit

Unit costs (2013)a

General practitioner

Contact

€30.64

Company physician

Contact

€32.26

Medical specialist

Contact

€78.33

Occupational or physiotherapist

Contact

€39.16

Social worker

Contact

€70.71

Psychologist or psychiatrist in private practice

Contact

€87.03

Psychologist or psychiatrist in hospital

Contact

€186.03

Mental healthcare institute worker

Contact

€186.03

Alternative healer

Contact

€44.67

Day treatment for mental care

Day

€167.54

Admission to regular hospital

Day

€473.23

Admission to academic hospital

Day

€625.54

Admission to psychiatric hospital

Day

€252.39

Admission to rehabilitation center

Day

€369.89

Admission to nursing home

Day

€258.92

Admission to other healthcare institutionb

Day

€497.17

Homecare

Hour

€38.07

Informal care

Hour

€13.50

  1. aValued based on standard costs from the 2009 Dutch costing guideline and indexed to the year 2013
  2. bWeighted average of the unit costs for admission to a regular, academic or psychiatric hospital, a rehabilitation center or nursing home