Preventing panic disorder: cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a pragmatic randomised trial

Table 1 Direct medical and direct non-medical costs by health service type

	Direct Medical Costs (in 2003 €)		Direct Non-Medical Costs (in 2003 €)
Health service type	unit	cost price ^a	km, P, hrs ^b	cost price ^c
General practitioner	Visit	20.20	1.8 km, 1 h	11.10
Social worker ^d	Contact	45.00	7 km, 3 h	28.50
Physiotherapist	Contact	22.75	1,8 km, 2 h	19.40
Private practice psychotherapist	Session	76.00	5 km, 2 h	19.90
Regional mental health service	Contact	124.00	10 km, 3 h	29.00
General Hospital – Outpatient	Visit	56.00	7 km, 3 h	28.50
Mental Hospital – Outpatient	Visit	88.00	12 km, 4 h	37.20
Teaching Hospital – Outpatient	Visit	100.00	12 km, 3 h	29.30
Transport by ambulance	Trip	443.00	-	-
Emergency Department	Visit	139.00	7 km, 3 h	28.50
Use of ECG ^e	Film	36.33	7 km, 3 h	28.50
Home care	Hour	30.70	0 km, 0 h	0.00
Informal care (family, friends) ^f	Hour	8.30	0 km, 0 h	0.00

^a Integral unit cost prices [27].
^b Based on average distances (in km) and travel + waiting + treatment times (in hrs) for receiving treatment [27].
^c Costs of 1 km = € 0.16, parking = €2.50 €, 1 h time = €8.30 [27].
^d From DFL 77.00 in 1993, converted into Euro, indexed for 2003 and rounded.
^e From http://www.ctg-zaio.nl indexed by 1.10 as suggested by Oostenbrink and colleagues [27].
^f Valued as domestic help [27].

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