Study protocol of an economic evaluation of an extended implementation strategy for the treatment of low back pain in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Measurements of resources and costs

Type of cost	Cost for	Specification	Source of resource	Source of unit costs
Direct cost	Primary care consultations	General practitioner, medical specialist, physiotherapist, and chiropractor	Pop-up and patient in comparison with the Danish National Health Insurance Service Registry	The Danish National Health Insurance Service Registry
	Secondary care consultations	Inpatient, emergency department, and outpatient services	The Danish National Patient Registry	The Danish National Patient Registry
	Diagnostic tests	MRI, CT scan, and X-ray	The Danish National Patient Registry	The Danish National Patient Registry
	Pharmaceutical treatment	Analgesic, NSAIDs, gastric protectors, tramadol, and antidepressants	Patient, Danish Medicines Agency	Danish Medicines Agency
	Transportation	Travel expenses for the patient	Distance between home address and general practitioner	Mileage allowance according to the Danish National Tax Board
	Pop-up	Development	DAK-E	DAK-E
	Usual implementation	Newsletters and informational meetings	Nord-KAP	Nord-KAP
	Extended implementation	Guideline facilitator education and guideline facilitator visits	Nord-KAP, guideline facilitator	Nord-KAP
Indirect cost	Absenteeism	Absence from work	Patient, DREAM	Mean wage according to Statistics Denmark
Indirect cost	Presenteeism	Reduced productivity at work due to low back pain	Patient	Mean wage according to Statistics Denmark

DAK-E Danish quality unit of general practice, Nord-KAP quality unit for general practice in the North Denmark Region, DREAM the Danish Register of Sickness absence and compensation benefits and social transfer payments.

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