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Table 1 Cost calculation

From: Health costs in anthroposophic therapy users: a two-year prospective cohort study

Health service category

Measurement unit

Categories/subgroups analysed separately

Unit cost (range) in Euro

Cost type*

Source

AM therapies

Therapy session

Eurythmy, art, rhythmical massage

19.9 – 32.2

Fee

[10]

AM medication

Daily dose

51 price groups

0.1 – 5.2

Price

Manufacturer's price lists

Physician visit

Visit

12 specialist categories

12.3 – 28.6

Cost

[15]

Dentist visit

Visit

(excluding dental prosthesis)

62.4

Cost

[8]

Psychotherapy

Therapy session

 

56.1

Fee

[11]

Paraclinical investigation

Investigation

X-rays, computer tomography scans, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging, scintigrams

17.4 – 200.3

Fee

[11]

Non-AM medication

Daily dose

86 ATC groups

0.1 – 37.1

Price

[16]

Physiotherapy

Therapy session

Remedial gymnastics, exercise therapy, massage, fango packs, aerothermotherapy, other

5.7 – 13.7

Fee

[12]

Ergotherapy

Therapy session

 

24.9

Fee

[13]

Inpatient hospitalisation

Day

16 Federal states

271.0 – 411.0

Cost

[14]

Inpatient rehabilitation

Day

 

58.0

Cost

IKK Hamburg

Sick leave

Day

Days 1–42 vs. Days >42/self- employed, civil servants, salaried employees, wage earners, unemployed/males vs. females

41.5 – 113.1

Cost

[9]

  1. Fees: Fee regulated in health benefit catalogues. Cost: Average annual costs in Germany. Price: Average pharmacy retail price in each medication subgroup.