title: [Calculation of standardised unit costs from a societal perspective for health economic evaluation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Due to demographic aging, economic evaluation of health care technologies for the elderly becomes more important. A standardised questionnaire to measure the health-related resource utilisation has been designed. The monetary valuation of the resource use documented by the questionnaire is a central step towards the determination of the corresponding costs. The aim of this paper is to provide unit costs for the resources in the questionnaire from a societal perspective.
  
  
  METHODS
  The unit costs are calculated pragmatically based on regularly published sources. Thus, an easy update is possible.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This paper presents the calculated unit costs for outpatient medical care, inpatient care, informal and formal nursing care and pharmaceuticals from a societal perspective.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The calculated unit costs can serve as a reference case in health economic evaluations and hence help to increase their comparability.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, -Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: J-O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Bock
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, -Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brettschneider
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Management im Gesundheits-wesen, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Gesundheitsökonomie und -Gesundheitsmanagement, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bowles
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Management im Gesundheits-wesen, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Holle
authors.affiliation: Fakultät für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Gesundheitsökonomie und -Gesundheitsmanagement, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.affiliation: Institut für Gesundheitsökonomie und Versorgungsforschung, -Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005858:Germany; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006296:Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D018803:Models, Economic; D012016:Reference Values; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards