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Table 1 Unit health resource costs and lost productivity

From: Retrospective epidemiological study for the characterization of community- acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia in adults in a well-defined area of Badalona (Barcelona, Spain)

Resource

Unit cost (€)

Health resources

Medical visits

 

Primary care

22.74

Emergency room

115.23

Specialist

102.36

Hospitalization (one day)

314.61

ICU (one day)

532.92

Complementary tests

Laboratory tests

21.86

Conventional radiology

18.14

Diagnostic/therapeutic tests

36.45

Pharmacological treatments

RPM

Productivity

Cost per lost workday

54.65

  1. Source of health resources: analytical accounting. Values expressed as means in euros.
  2. RPM: Retail Price of Medicines at the time of prescription.