Table 3 Unit costs of healthcare resources (€, 2011)
Healthcare resource | Unit cost (€) |
|---|---|
Consultations | |
Mental health day centre | 49.36 |
Infectious disease (subsequent consultation) | 114.82 |
Nursing | 15.69 |
Emergency | 160.14 |
Admissions | |
Internal medicine | 526.28 |
Neurology | 410.23 |
Intensive care unit | 1,797.37 |
Procedures | |
Liver biopsy | 389.73 |
Colonoscopy | 200.80 |
Abdominal ultrasound | 82.61 |
Breast ultrasound | 47.04 |
Electroencephalogram | 77.94 |
Lumbar puncture | 269.90 |
Cerebral MRI | 232.38 |
Chest X-ray | 20.94 |
Cranial computer tomography | 109.12 |
Laboratory studies | |
Urinalysis | 12.07 |
Biochemistry | 26.38 |
Viral load | 119.52 |
Lymphocyte subpopulation study | 60.97 |
Coagulation profile | 10.95 |
Liver profile | 4.69 |
Serology | 26.39 |
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate | 1.12 |