The European Healthcare and Social Cost Database (EU HCSCD)
A collection of standard unit costs from nine European countries designed to help make economic evaluations of health technologies more consistent and comparable.
At a glance
Use when
Conducting economic evaluations or cost analyses in European healthcare settings, especially for cross-country comparisons or HTA submissions
Avoid when
Highly localized cost estimates are required, or when up-to-date local data are available and preferred
Inputs
Healthcare and social service unit cost data from national sources in nine European countries
Outputs
Standardized unit cost lists for use in economic evaluations
How it works
The EU HCSCD provides standardized unit cost data for healthcare and social services across nine European countries, developed within the IMPACT HTA project to support harmonization in economic evaluations. It includes country-specific cost lists intended for use in health technology assessment (HTA) to improve comparability and transparency.
- Project
- IMPACT HTA
- Funding
- Horizon 2020
- Project status
- Completed 2021
- HTA domains
- Costs & Economic Evaluation
- Categories
- Costing & Resource Use
- Technology
- Non-specific
- Assumptions
- Cost data are representative of national averages and are applicable for use in HTA across participating countries
- Strengths
- Promotes consistency and comparability in economic evaluations across Europe; based on real country data; supports multinational HTA
- Limitations
- May not capture regional or institutional variations within countries; limited to nine European countries
- Geographic & clinical scope
- England; France; Germany; Italy; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden
- Also known as
- EU HCSCD, European Healthcare and Social Cost Database
Questions this answers
- › What are the typical costs of healthcare services in different European countries?
- › How can I standardize cost inputs in an economic evaluation across Europe?
- › Which unit costs are recommended for use in multinational HTA submissions?
- › Where can I find reliable, comparable unit costs for hospital stays, medications, or outpatient visits in Europe?
- › How do social care costs vary across European countries?
- › What sources were used to compile standard unit costs for HTA in Europe?
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