Healthcare resource use items and associated unit costs
| Resource use item | No. of items | Unit cost* (€2020) | Reference/comment |
| Screening | |||
| Serum 25(OH)D measurement | 1 | €21.50 | Chosen to be greater than the PPP equivalent cost of UK £17 per test.23 |
| At-risk population† | |||
| GP visit | 1 (per annum)‡ | €35.19 | Estimated from ref 24. |
| Serum 25(OH)D measurement | 1 (per annum) | €21.50 | Chosen to be greater than the PPP equivalent cost of UK £17 per test.23 |
| Vitamin D3 4000 IU | 1 (pack) | €25.72 | Reimbursed price from PCRS (Primary Care Reimbursement Service) database; total cost to HSE including rebate and dispensing fees.25 |
| Vitamin D3 800 IU | Continuous maintenance treatment following correction of vitamin D deficiency in the first year | €15.52 (90-day supply) | Reimbursed price from PCRS database; total cost to HSE including rebate and dispensing fees.25 |
| Cost off-sets | |||
| Invasive cancer end-of-life care | n/a | €6487 | Based on average UK end-of-life cancer (prostate, ovarian, colon) costs.§18 |
| Hip fracture | n/a | €13 717 | 14 |
| Non-hip fracture | n/a | €7140 | 14 |
*Where required costs were inflated to December 2020 values using the Irish health inflator.26
†2020 PPP, £1=€1.14.27
‡Average cost per patient per annum=€129.44.
§Two GP visits in the first year of patient recruitment, averaged over 5 years.
HSE, Health Service Executive; n/a, not applicable; PPP, purchasing power parity.