Cost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany

Table 1 Resources and unit costs used for cost calculation

Sector	Service/goods		Units	Monetary values (unit costs)
Nursing care	Formal care	Nursing home care	Days	Type specific mean rates by level of care, market prices [32]
	Formal care	Ambulatory care	Hours	Type specific wage [33,34]
	Informal care		Hours	Type specific wage (replacement cost approach) [33,34]
Inpatient services	Acute hospital and hospitals for rehabilitation		Days	Type specific mean rates [35-37]
Medication	Product		Quantity	Official pharmaceutical index (Rote Liste) [39]
Outpatient physician services	GP, specialists (e.g. cardiologist, internist, ophthalmologist)		Contacts	Type specific mean rates [38]
Outpatient non-physician services	e.g. physiotherapy, massage, lymph drainage, ergotherapy		Contacts	Reimbursement schedule [40-42]
Medical devices and dentures	Product		Quantity	Market prices and reimbursement schedules [38,43,44]
Transportation	Transportation by car, public transport, taxi or ambulance		km, quantity	Market prices, EUR 0.30 per km for transport by car [45]

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