Health care utilization included in cost analysis, and unit costs [€, 2007].

aReference: patient-specific, German diagnosis-related groups (website of the Institute for the Hospital Remuneration System. Available: http://www.g-drg.de. Accessed 2011Jun 8).bReference: uniform value scale of the German health insurance system (EBM); DMP: mean value from German DMPs.cReference: Rote Liste 2007, i. e. the German equivalent of the Physicians' Desk Reference.dMean price of the year 2010, deflated to 2007 using the Consumer Price Index (website of the Federal Statistical Office. Available: http://www.destatis.de. Accessed 2011 Dec 5).