Emergency health services in Bulgaria

Economic burden of non-malignant blood disorders across Europe: a population-based cost study

“…Resource use was valued by applying country-specific unit costs. Costs were, where applicable, updated to 2012 prices 8 and national currencies were converted to euros using 2012 exchange rates. 9 To allow comparisons between countries, we also adjusted for cost of living with the purchasing power parity method.…”

“…9 To allow comparisons between countries, we also adjusted for cost of living with the purchasing power parity method. 10 An extensive range of international and national sources were consulted for country-specific aggregate data, including WHO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT), and national ministries of health and statistical institutes (appendix pp [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. We also consulted peer-reviewed published studies or national reports from governmental or professional bodies.…”

“…Country-specific overall visits to A&E due to all conditions were obtained for 23 countries. 1,6,8,11,14,17,20,24,27,32,[35][36][37]40,43,44,48,50,52,54,59,62,67,68,70,71 All-cause attendance figures were not available in 7 countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Slovenia, and Sweden ) and A&E rates were derived from similar countries and applied to them. Therefore, for: 1) Czech Republic we used estimates from Slovakia; 54 2) Lithuania we used estimates from Estonia; 17 3) Luxembourg we used estimates from Belgium; 6 4) Sweden we used estimates from Denmark; 14 and 5) Croatia, Greece and Slovenia we used estimates from a previous multicountry regression.…”