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 |
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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] |