DHE Unit Cost Online Database

The DHE Unit Cost Online Database is a regularly updated (currently: version 3.1, last content update in February 2019) online database collated by the Department of Health Economics, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna. It aims to provide readily available unit costs and increase awareness of different unit cost sources and their associated limitations. Unit costs are defined as the costs incurred in producing one unit of a good or service and can be of different levels, e.g. cost per consultation, cost per minute, cost per inpatient day, cost per hospital episode.

The current DHE Unit Cost Online Database version 3.1 contains published Austrian unit costs identified in a systematic review of the literature (2004-2019) of costing studies and economic evaluations on the Austrian health and social care sector and a grey literature search of published reports by relevant national HTA agencies (Health Technology Assessment) and key stakeholders in health economics. It covers estimates of direct medical and non-medical costs for services delivered in the hospital sector, practice-based outpatient sector, long-term care and rehabilitation sector as well as indirect costs in Austria. Medication costs and average costs per patient per disease are generally excluded. Included unit costs are complemented by a short description of their source and limitations. A detailed guide on how to interpret the entries of the database including a screenshot of the database is provided here.

In case of any errors or missing information in terms of costing studies are detected, please send an email to dhe@meduniwien.ac.at.

For free download of the database click here (Access to Database).

Last Update: March 2019