Cost-effectiveness of guideline-based stepped and collaborative care versus treatment as usual for patients with depression – a cluster-randomized trial

Table 1 Cost categories and sources of applied unit costs

Sector	Service / Goods	Units	Monetary values (unit costs)
Inpatient services	General hospitals, psychiatric hospitals and hospitals for rehabilitation	Days	Type specific mean rates [51]
Outpatient physician services	GP, specialists (e.g. cardiologist, internist, ophthalmologist)	Contacts	Type specific mean rates [51]
Outpatient non-physician services	e.g. physiotherapy, massage, lymph drainage, ergotherapy	Contacts	Reimbursement schedule [51]
Outpatient psychotherapist services	Psychotherapist	Contacts	Reimbursement schedule [51]
Medication	Product	Quantity	Official pharmaceutical index (Rote Liste) [52]
Nursing care	Ambulatory nursing care	Hours	Type specific wage [51]
Nursing care	Informal care	Hours	Type specific wage (replacement cost approach) [51]
Indirect costs	Productivity losses	Hours	Gross income plus nonwage labor costs [53]

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