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Learn about the Macrocost project's progress, challenges, and solutions in collecting healthcare cost data across countries. Gain detailed insights into cost structures, comparability, and new questionnaire developments. Find out about the manual and tools provided for data collection.
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WP 3.1 and WP 4.1: Macrocost EUprimecarePlenary Meeting Kuopio 11.06.2012
Requirements on themacrocost-questionnaire • Detailed insight in cost/expediture structure in dependency to resources used • Comparability between countries • Using available macrocost-sources
Progress since Milano • The macrocost instrument presented at the Milano meeting was not found to be feasible • Two systematic reviews (2nd: 1,600+ hits, no relevant literature) • A third version of the macrocost-questionnaire was developed in close communication with UBI, ESKI/GYEMZSI and ISCII
Macrocost-questionnaire V3.3 • 2 majorparts: professionals & activities • Qualitative part on cost-categories • 2 year-period • Manual forthequestionnaire will beprovided • Individual callstosolvecountry-specificproblemsorquestions
Professional-part • Estimationofexpenditureforprofessions • Income orexpenditure-sidecalculations • Estimationof„additional services“ not coveredbyexpenditure/incomeofprofessions • Estimationof out-of-pocketexpenditure
Activitiespart • Estimationofactivity-basedexpenditure • 2 approaches: time-basedandnumber-of-activitiesbased • Percentageofactivitiesperformedbythe different professions • Estimationof out-of-pocketexpenditure Excel Sheet
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