Unit costs of healthcare and social1 resources: sources of information and calculation method.

GP: General Practitioner; ED: Emergency Department; CT: Computed Tomography; ICU: Intensive Care Unit; GW: General Ward; DOGC: Diari Oficial Generalitat de Catalunya (Departament de Salut, Resolución SLT/383/2009); BoMA: Boletín Oficial de Madrid (Conserjeria de Salud y Consumo), Order 629/2009); Expert: expert in occupational health; Mass media: pandemic vaccine prices published in “El País” newspaper available at http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Francia/vende/excedente/vacunas/gripe/elpepusoc/20100104elpepisoc_4/Tes Vademecum: Vademecum.es. CMP Medicom Editorial, S.A.; H. Clinic: price list of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona; PSMar: clinical costing system of Parc de Salut Mar. INE: National Institute of Statistics.1Social resources analysed in this study included work absenteeism of patients and caregivers and paid-caregiver requirement. Methods for unit cost calculation:2Mean cost of available information.3Published cost, price or reimbursement tariff.4Mean of Recommended Retail Price of the different brands available.5Actual cost calculated from price lists applying the correspondent discount.6Mean costs per day of hospitalization of inpatients with pandemic influenza A (H1N1) admitted to the Hospital del Mar during the same period.