TABLE 4—

Unit costs

	Per day stay in hospital	Emergency room visit	Primary care visit	Specialist care visit	Source [ref.]
France	460.50	23.00	20.00	23.00	PSMI [13], AMELI [14]
Germany	340.73	157.16	29.34	44.47	EBM [16], Arnold et al. [17]
Italy	197.77	61.97	12.91	20.66	Official Government [15]
The Netherlands	255.80	44.63	18.06	49.30	Oostenbrink [18]
Spain	267.60	103.60	17.86	108.90	2002 SOIKOS database of sanitary costs (unpublished)
Sweden	329.69	126.23	76.19	76.19	Prices and Reimbursements for the Southern Health Care region 2001 [21]
UK	222.93	109.42	29.18	131.30	Department of Health [19]
					Netten and Curtis [20]

Data are presented as number of Euros per event. PSMI: Le programme de médicalisation des systèmes d'information; AMELI: L'Assurance maladie en ligne; EBM: Einheitlicher Bewertungsmassstab; SOIKOS: Centre for Studies in Health, Economics and Social Policy.