Table 2 Assessment of the resource used
Resource type | Assessment tool | Assessment method | Sources consulted |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical therapy sessions | Physical therapist report | Wage rates | Physical therapy board fee schedule |
Medications, visits to doctors and/or health professionals of the public and private health systems, hospital stay, visits to emergency medical services | Questionnaires every three months | Published prices (costs for public and private health systems) and/or actual costs to participants | Pharmaceutical websites and medical services fee schedule |
Visits to community or alternative services or alternative health professionals | Questionnaires every three months | Actual costs to participants | Health services fee schedule |
Loss of productivity (assessed for hours of lost work) | Questionnaires every three months | Average wage in the state of Sao Paulo per hour for women and men | Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics website |
Transport, public or private, for the use of each resource | Questionnaires every three months | Values of bus and subway tickets and fuel in the year in the state of Sao Paulo. | Sptrans, metrosp, national agency for oil, natural gas and biofuels websites |