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Table 1 Assessed medical services by health care sector and corresponding valuation rates adapted from Bock et al. [28], indexed for 2014a

From: Health economic evaluation of a web-based intervention for depression: the EVIDENT-trial, a randomized controlled study

Health care sector Unit of measure Service/service provider Valuation rate
Outpatient medical care Number of contacts General practitioner €20.20
Psychiatrist/psychologist €45.03
Psychotherapist/psychotherapy €78.63
Neurologist €45.03
Internist €65.90
Urologist €24.87
Gynaecologist €30.34
Surgeon €43.69
Orthopaedist €25.60
Dermatologist €19.02
Ophtalmologist €35.02
Dentist €56.26
Outpatient paramedical services Number of contacts Physiotherapy €16.53
Logopaedics €38.86
Medical pedicure €27.70
Homeopathic practitioner/osteopath €20.12
Inpatient hospital services Number of days Inpatient hospital treatment €579.93
Inpatient hospital treatment - intensive care unit €1347.08
Psychiatric inpatient treatment €342.09
Rehabilitation Number of days Inpatient rehabilitation €122.70
Outpatient rehabilitation €47.01
Sickness benefit Number of days Incapacity to work €45.01ab
  1. aBock et al. (2015) do not present any unit cost prices for calculating the amount of sickness benefit. The valuation for sickness benefit derives from a large routine-data analysis of more than 3.000 patients with depressive disorders of a major German sickness fund, conducted by the University of Bielefeld (paper under revision)
  2. blong-term disability more than 60 days