The Development of a New Approach for the Harmonized Multi-Sectoral and Multi-Country Cost Valuation of Services: The PECUNIA Reference Unit Cost (RUC) Templates.

Susanne Mayer Michael Berger Nataša Perić Claudia Fischer Alexander Konnopka Valentin Brodszky Silvia M A A Evers Leona Hakkaart van Roijen Mencía Ruiz Gutiérrez-Colosía Salvador-Carulla Luis A-La Park Joanna C Thorn Lidia García-Pérez Judit Simonnull null

Published in: Applied health economics and health policy (2024)

The validated PECUNIA RUC Templates for multi-sectoral and multi-country service costing allow for harmonized RUC development while incorporating flexibility and transparency in the choice of costing approaches, data sources and magnitude of remaining heterogeneity. The templates are expected to significantly improve the quality, comparability and availability of unit costs for economic evaluations, and promote the transferability of service cost information across Europe.

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