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Table 1 Costs per unit [21]

From: Functional outcome and cost-effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic fields in the treatment of acute scaphoid fractures: a cost-utility analysis

Unit

Cost price in academic hospital*

Cost price in general hospital*

PEMF device

665.90

665.90

Application of a cast

31.25

31.25

Removal of a cast

8.71

8.71

Wrist/scaphoid conventional radiographs

39.97

24.46

Wrist/scaphoid CT scan

126.29

80.59

Emergency department visit

154.45

154.45

Outpatient clinic visit

70.06

65.46

  1. *Costs are indexed to 2011 and given in Euro.