Table 2 Classification of disciplines
Group of disciplines | Included health service cost |
|---|---|
Costs related to plastic surgery | Costs of materialsa, drugsa and servicesb of plastic surgeons, surgery ward and anaesthesiology |
Physical and rehabilitation medical costs | Charges for timec of the medical doctors spent with and for the patient on the ward |
Nursing costs | Materiala, drugsa and servicesb of nursing personnel at the intensive care unit; costs for nursing timec spent with/for the patient on the ward |
Therapies and counselling costs | Costs of therapy servicesb of occupational therapy, physical and physio therapy, psychology, nutritional therapy, speech therapy, and social counselling; costs of materialsa used in occupational therapy or prepared for use at home |
Additional medical consultations costs | Costs of materialsa, drugsa or servicesb of inpatient pain service, neuro-urology, radiology, respicare, orthopaedics, interventional medicine, hand surgery and inpatient use of outpatient services |
Ward costs | Costs of bandagea and other materiala on the ward; laboratory servicesb performed exclusively on the ward; additional general servicesa applied on the ward by nurses (only nurse services not recorded in nursing minutes) |
Laboratory costs | Costs of internalb and externala laboratory services |
Medicament costs | Costs of drugsa,d provided on the ward by nursing personnel |
