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Table 1 Unit costs

From: The use and costs of health and social services in patients with longstanding substance abuse

Service

Costs per unit in €

Source of cost information

Home cleaning

45,- per hour

Stavanger accountancy center,

Hjemmesykepleie

70,- per hour

Stavanger accountancy center

Social worker

49,- per hour

Stavanger accountancy center

Day care centre

45,- per day

Stavanger accountancy center

Nursing home

214,- per day

Stavanger accountancy center

Community-based ED

36,- per visit

Stavanger ED

Hospital, outpatient clinic

145,- per visit

Norwegian labour and welfare administration

In-hospital stay, somatic ward

According to DRG system

Hospital accountancy center

In-hospital stay, mental ward

1182,- per day

SAMDATA 2010

Specialized housing program for substance abusers

726,- per month

Department for rehabiliation, Stavanger

Municipal housing

716,- per month

Stavanger accountancy center

Hospice

69,- per night

Stavanger accountancy center

Treatment centre for substance abusers

605,- per day

Rogaland A-center

General practitioner

16,- per visit

Norwegian labour and welfare administration

8,- per telephone contact

Police custody

242,- per night

Used costs for prison term as substitute

  1. ED = Emergency department; DRG = Diagnosis related groups.