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Table 1 Unit cost (€ in 2019) (mean cost and maximum and minimum regional official tariffs)

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a multiple health behaviour change intervention in people aged between 45 and 75 years: a cluster randomized controlled trial in primary care (EIRA study)

 

Unit cost

  
 

Mean

Maximum unit cost

Minimum unit cost

Healthcare perspective

 GP visit in PHCC

55.81

74.80

41.33

 GP home visit

77.76

99.47

64.34

 Nurse visit in PHCC

25.51

34.51

15.06

 Nurse home visit

48.18

80.30

32.06

 GP emergency visit

115.42

266.50

62.00

 Nurse emergency visit

88.85

278.40

42.92

 Social work visit

25.51

34.51

15.06

 Other specialist visit

139.15

242.21

54.56

 Emergency hospital visit

214.09

375.15

88.77

 Hospitalisation (one day of stay)a

652.90

925.23

501.62

 Laboratory testb

49.81

73.66

29.26

 Diagnostic testb

75.17

180.47

23.38

 Medication

Depending on the medication

Goverment perspective

 Sick leavec

34.52

64.78

34.52

Societal perspective

 Tobacco

Detailed by patients

 Community activities

  1. GP General Practitioner; PHCC Primary Health Care Centre. aBased on mean tariffs of all hospital complexity types published. bDiagnostic and laboratory test were classified by the research team based on clinical criteria. cMean and minimum cost in sick leave refer to minimum daily wage while maximum cost refers to mean daily wage