Cost transferability problems in economic evaluation as a framework for an European health care and social costs database

Table 3 Categories and subcategories within which costing items are organized in the European Healthcare and Social Cost Database

Category	Subcategory
Primary (homogenous) resources	Medicines
	Medical devices
	Health products/disposables
	Personnel
Composite goods and services	Outpatient visit
	Hospitalization
	Image diagnosis
	Laboratory tests
	Ambulance service
	Diagnostic procedures
	Therapeutic procedures
Complex processes and interventions	Inpatient medical and surgical processes
Complex processes and interventions	Day case procedures/outpatient surgery

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