Table 3 Main unit cost per resource use items in hospital care, municipal rehabilitation and aid service, average income and informal care for patients with first-ever stroke in western Sweden during 2008
Cost item | Unit | SEK | (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
Pre-hospital | |||
Ambulance transportation | 2000 | (220) | |
Own transportation | 1000 | (110) | |
Inpatient care | Per diem | 5400 | (600) |
Outpatient care | |||
Medical specialist | Per visit | 4000 | (440) |
General practitioner | Per visit | 2000 | (220) |
Speech therapist | Per treatment | 800–6100 | (90–700) |
Other | Per visit | 1800 | (200) |
Municipal care | |||
Municipal home care | Per diem | 480 | (50) |
Municipal assistant living | Per diem | 1600 | (180) |
Average income | Per month | 35000 | (3900) |
Informal care | |||
Working age | Per hour | 200 | (20) |
Pension age | Per hour | 70 | (8) |