Background Micro-costing is a cost estimation method that allows for precise assessment of
the economic costs of health interventions. It has been demonstrated to be particularly useful …

The traditional distinction between manufacturing and services, both in relation to products
and indeed, the actual companies themselves, is getting blurred. Increasingly services are …

This article presents an approach to ascertain whether product cost estimating techniques
can be adapted for use in estimating the costs for providing a service. The research …

Hierbij presenteren wij met veel genoegen de geactualiseerde versie van de
Kostenhandleiding voor Economische Evaluaties in de Gezondheidszorg: Methodologie en …

Objectives Dutch health economic guidelines include a costing manual, which describes
preferred research methodology for costing studies and reference prices to ensure high …

According to the most traditional economic evaluation manuals, all “relevant” costs should
be included in the economic analysis, taking into account factors such as the patient …

Micro-costing studies still deserving for methods orientation that contribute to achieve a
patient-specific resource use level of analysis. Time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC) …

Objectives: In 2000, the first “Dutch Manual for Costing: Methods and Reference Prices for
Economic Evaluations in Healthcare” was published, followed by an updated version in …

Objectives The objective of the present study was to measure and compare the direct costs
of intensive care unit (ICU) days at seven ICU departments in Germany, Italy, the …

Background Disease-specific costing studies can be used as input into cost-effectiveness
analyses and provide important information for efficient resource allocation. However …