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Table 2 Top-down approximation of costs per doctor visit and per hospital day

From: Direct costs of inequalities in health care utilization in Germany 1994 to 2009: a top-down projection

 

Projected utilization based on GSOEP and KiGGS

Costs per sector according to Federal Statistical Office

Unit costs

 

Doctor visits mil. per year

Hospital days mil. per year

Ambulatory in mil. euros per year

Clinical in mil. euros per year

Ambulatory costs per visit

Clinical costs per day

Period

 

1994-1998

867.5

150.1

87,709

70,688

€ 101.10

€ 470.86

1999-2003

803.4

141.3

101,608

78,477

€ 126.48

€ 555.45

2004-2006

764.8

132.4

116,698

87,335

€ 152.59

€ 659.73

2007-2009

767.0

120.8

131,740

94,678

€ 171.75

€ 783.54

  1. Data: GSOEP 1994–2010, KiGGS 2003–06, Federal Statistical Office 2011.