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Table 1 Overview of unit costs and source per service

From: Health related quality of life, service utilization and costs for patients with Huntington’s disease in Norway

Service

Unit cost (€)

Source

Primary care

  

 General Practitioner (visit)

42.5

Helfo, 2020

 Physiotherapist (30 min)

58.3

Helfo, 2020

 Speech therapist (hour)

92.5

Estimate

Home care

  

 Home nursing (hour)

47.2

Real costs

 Practical assistance (hour)

37.7

Estimate

Nursing home (6 months)

45,827

KOSTRA, 2018

Rehabilitation (per day)

245

Real Charge

Specialists

  

 Counselor (genetic)

23.4

Normaltariffen,2019

 Family therapy

212

Normaltariffen,2019

 Nutritionist

212

DRG 910O

 Psychiatrist

115

Normaltariffen,2019

 Psychologist

23.4

Normaltariffen,2019

 Nurse

35.8

Normaltariffen,2019

 Genetic test

23.4

Normaltariffen,2019

 MRI

274

Normaltariffen,2019

 CT

217

Normaltariffen,2019

 Blood test

8.3

Normaltariffen,2019

Secondary care

  

 Neurology OP

315

DRG 901O

 Other OP

264

DRG 877O

 Day visit Neurologist

834

DRG 980A

Hospital admissions

  

 Hospital admission Neuro.

3220

DRG 35

 Hospital admission IC

5735

DRG 12

 Hospital admission Other dpt.

5199

DRG 34

Informal care (hour)

39.0

Reported wage rate

Other – out of pocket

  

 Acupuncture (1/follow-up visits)

75.5/51.9

Estimatea

 Aroma therapy

66.0

Real costs

 Foot zone therapy

55.7

Real costs

Social worker

37.7

Estimate

  1. Note. a = only one patient received 6 consultations of acupuncture, these were priced as the standard acupuncture treatment which consists of 6 visits. Out of pocket payment. OP Outpatient, IC Intensive care, DRG Diagnose related group