Economic evaluation of a weight control program with e-mail and telephone counseling among overweight employees: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Price weights used for valuation of resource use, per visit unless otherwise mentioned

Type of utilization	Price weight ^a
Health care
*Intervention*
Counseling (minute)	1.14
*Primary care*
General practitioner	20.44^{b, c}
Occupational physician	21.50
Physical therapist	23.02
Dietitian	30.12
Dentist	17.47
Complementary therapists	23.51 – 63.95^d
Other primary care	23.02 – 77.51^{b, d}
*Secondary care*
Outpatient	56.66
Admission general hospital (day)	340.99
Production losses
Sick leave (hour)	20.31 – 48.39^{b, e}

^a Euros, corrected to the year 2004. ^b Dutch standard costs[22] ^c Price for consultation at the practice; ^d Range of price weights for different therapists, obtained from professional organizations; ^e Range of possible price weights for sick leave, depending on age and sex.

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