| Austria | England | Germany | Hungary | The Netherlands | Spain |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recommended level of guideline adherence | ||||||
 Mandatory |  |  | xa |  | x |  |
 Recommended | x | x |  | xb |  |  |
 Voluntary |  |  |  |  |  | x |
Perspective | ||||||
 Societal |  |  |  |  | x |  |
 Societal and health care |  |  |  | (x)c |  | x |
 Health and social care |  | x |  |  |  |  |
 Health care |  |  | x |  |  |  |
 Not specified | x |  |  |  |  |  |
Discounting recommended | x | x | x | x | x | x |
 Discount rates costs (sensitivity analysis) | 5% (3%-10%) | 3.5% (1.5%) | 3% (0%, 5%) | 3.7% (2%-5%) | 4% (not specified) | 3% (0%, 5%) |
Reporting of costs | ||||||
 Separate reporting | x | x | x | xd | x |  |
 Not explicitly mentioned |  |  |  |  |  | x |
Adjustment for inflation/price indexation | ||||||
 Adjustment to a common reference year | x |  |  | x |  | x |
 Inflation of costs to the present |  |  | x |  | x |  |
 No information found |  | x |  |  |  |  |
Time horizon | ||||||
 A lifelong time horizon |  |  |  |  | x | x |
 Long enough to include all costs/outcomes/effects |  | x | x | x | x | x |
 No information found | x |  |  |  |  |  |
Periodicity of costing manual | ||||||
 Annually |  | x |  |  |  |  |
 Regularly | x |  |  | x |  |  |
 As required for methodological reasons (approx. every 4 year) |  |  |  |  | x |  |
 Irregularly |  |  | x |  |  |  |
 No information found |  |  |  |  |  | x |