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Table 3 Unit costs used in the calculations of direct healthcare costs and indirect costs (year 2011 values in €)

From: Cost-utility of cognitive behavioral therapy versus U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended drugs and usual care in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia: an economic evaluation alongside a 6-month randomized controlled trial

Type of use

Unit costs

Costs in the health care system (public/private)

General practitioner

10.5/27.5

Nurse or psychiatric nurse

10.0/25.4

Social worker

14.9/25.4

Psychologist

70.6/70.6

Psychiatrist

42.9/42.9

Other medical specialists

51.1/51.1

Hospital emergency visits

155.5

Hospital stay

617.5

Diagnostic tests (range)

4.3 to 434.6

Pharmacologic treatment

Depending on type and dose

Productivity losses

Absenteeism from work (minimum and medium daily wage)

21.4 to 62.7

CBT costs

Cost of the group intervention per session (eight patients/group; nine sessions)

240