Table 1 Price weights for the estimation of costs*
Cost items | Price weight | Source |
|---|---|---|
General practitioner (GP) services | ||
GP visits | $62 | Average private fee from 10 Dunedin (New Zealand) GP offices |
Prescription | $12 | |
Medications | ||
Analgesics | Price weight based on | New Zealand Pharmaceutical Schedule |
Anti-ulcerants | medication dosage and number | |
Psychotropics | of tablets/capsules issued | |
Hospital costs | ||
Inpatient services | $3,983.33 multiplied by inpatient service case weights | New Zealand's case-mix framework for publically funded hospitals for fiscal year 2008/09: WIESNZ08 |
Emergency visits | $322 | Hospital's volume schedule from funder |
Outpatient orthopaedic visits | $158 | |
Rheumatologist visits | $210 | |
Medical imaging | $55 multiplied by relative value unit of procedure | Imaging contract between the Accident Compensation Corporation and the hospital |