PECUNIA

ProgrammE in Costing, resource use measurement and outcome valuation for Use in multi-sectoral National and International health economic evaluAtions: PECUNIA

Date: 2018-2021
Funding: EC H2020 RIA
Collaborators:   https://www.pecunia-project.eu/about/consortium
Website: https://www.pecunia-project.eu
Information: Judit Simon (PI), Susanne Mayer (HA4 lead), Michael Berger, Claudia Fischer, Agata Łaszewska, Nataša Perić

The PECUNIA project developed new standardised and validated methods for the assessment of costs and outcomes of healthcare interventions for optimised health care provision within and across European countries. It was funded under the EC’s H2020 RIA programme. The multidisciplinary PECUNIA consortium consisted of ten partners from six countries coordinated by Professor Judit Simon. The DHE Team oversaw the integration and scientific management of the project, led the work package on Outcomes and Valuation, co-led the work package on Health and Social Care and contributed to all dissemination and communication activities. Main results from these activities were the development of

1) the PECUNIA care atom, a costing framework for the development of reference unit costs for multiple sectors (health and social care, education, (criminal) justice, employment and productivity, and patient, family and informal care
2) the harmonised, multi-sectoral unit cost assessment methods and resulting Reference Unit Costs (RUCs) for Europe
3) the Supra-National and Pan-European utility value sets, and
4) the collation of comprehensive information on relevant outcome measurement instruments.

The five core developed tools are:
the PECUNIA RUM Instrument
the PECUNIA RUC Templates
the PECUNIA RUC Compendium
the PECUNIA PROM-MH Compendium and
the Pan-European and Supra-National EQ-5D value sets.

For information on how to access the PECUNIA Tools, please visit https://www.pecunia-project.eu/tools.

Result(s):

• Mayer S, Berger M, Fischer C, Konnopka A, Peric N, Brodszky V, et al. on behalf of the PECUNIA Group. 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. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2024 Aug 8. DOI: 10.1007/s40258-024-00905-0
• Mayer S, Berger M, Konnopka A, Brodszky V, Evers SMAA, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, et al. on behalf of the PECUNIA Group. In search for comparability: The PECUNIA reference unit costs for health and social care services in Europe. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 16;19(6):3500. DOI:10.3390/ijerph19063500
• Berger M, Mayer S, Simon J. A novel set of Austrian reference unit costs for comprehensive societal perspectives consistent with latest European costing methods for economic evaluations. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2022 Dec. DOI: 10.1007/s00508-022-02128-6
• Gutierrez-Colosia M, Hinck P, Simon J, Konnopka A, Fischer C, Mayer S, et al. Magnitude of terminological bias in international health services research: a disambiguation analysis in mental health. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2022 Aug;31:e59. DOI:10.1017/S2045796022000403
• Muntendorf L-K, König H-H, Janssen L, Pokhilenko I, Drost R, Simon J, et al. im Namen des PECUNIA Konsortiums. Kostensätze zur monetären Bewertung des Ressourcenverbrauchs psychischer Erkrankungen im Justizsektor: Ergebnisse des PECUNIA-Projekts für Deutschland. Gesundheitsökonomie & Qualitätsmanagment. 2022 Jul 13. DOI: 10.1055/a-1867-1458
• Mayer S, Berger M, Konnopka A, Brodszky V, Evers SMAA, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, et al. on behalf of the PECUNIA Group. In search for comparability: The PECUNIA reference unit costs for health and social care services in Europe. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 16;19(6):3500. DOI:10.3390/ijerph19063500
• Fischer C, Mayer S, Perić N, Simon J on behalf of the PECUNIA Group. Establishing a comprehensive list of mental health-related services and resource use items in Austria: A national-level, cross-sectoral country report for the PECUNIA project. PLoS One. 2022 Jan 21;17(1):e0262091. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0262091
• Laszewska A, Helter TM, Nagel A, Perić N, Simon J. Patient-reported outcome measures suitable for quality of life/wellbeing assessment in multi-sectoral, multi-national and multi-person mental health (economic) evaluations. Evid Based Ment Health. 2021 Dec 23;0:1-8. DOI:10.1136/ebmental-2021-300334
• Castelpietra G, Simon J, Gutiérrez-Colosía MR, Rosenberg S, Salvador-Carulla L. Disambiguation of psychotherapy: a search for meaning. BJPsych. 2020 Nov 4;1-6. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2020.196
• Mayer S, Fischer C, Zechmeister-Koss I, Ostermann H, Simon J. Are unit costs the same? A case study comparing different valuation methods for unit cost calculation of general practitioner consultations. Value Health. 2020 Sep 1;23(9):1142–1148. DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2020.06.001
• Janssen L, Pokhilenko I, Evers S, Drost R, Simon J, König H-H, et al. on behalf of the PECUNIA Group. Exploring the Identification, Validation and Categorization of Cost & Benefits of Criminal Justice in Mental Health: the PECUNIA Project. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2020 Aug;36(4):418-425. DOI:10.1017/S0266462320000471
• Simon J, Konnopka A, Brodszky V, Evers SMAA, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, Serrano Aguilar PG, et al. (Pharmaco)economic evaluations for mental health related services: the PECUNIA project. EPP1010. Eur Psychiatry. 2020 Jul; 63(S1):S45-S282. DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.5
• Pokhilenko I, Janssen L, Evers S, Drost R, Simon J, König H-H, et al. Exploring the identification, validation, and categorization of costs and benefits of education in mental health: The PECUNIA project.  Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2020 May 28;36(4):325-331. DOI: 10.1017/S0266462320000203
• Fischer C, Mayer S, Peric N, Simon J (2019): Valuation Methods in Costing for International, Multi-Sectoral Mental Health Economic Evaluations: A Structured Scoping Review. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p 9.
• Pokhilenko I, Janssen LMM., Paulus ATG., Drost RMWA., Simon J, König HH, Brodszky V, Salvador-Carulla L, Park AL, Evers AMAA (2019): Inter-sectoral Costs and Benfits of Mental Health Intervention within Educational Sector. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p 28
• Janssen LMM, Pokhilenko I, Drost RMWA, Paulus ATG, Brodszky V, Park AL, König HH, Salvador-Carulla L, Simon J (2019): Inter-sectoral Costs and Benefits within Crimincal Justice. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p15.
• Brodszky V, Gulácsi L, Netshiombo M, Rasdan O, Evers S, König H-H, Park A-L, Salvador-Carulla L, Simon J (2019): Costs Incurred in the Household of Schizophrenic Patients: A Systematic Review. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p4.
• Simon J, König H-H, Brodszky V, Hakkaart-van Roijen L, Serrano Aguilar PG, Salvador-Carulla L, Park A-L, Hollingworth W, Schneider V on behalf of the PECUNIA Group (2019): Inter-sectoral Costs and Benefits of Mental Care in Europe: European Research Project PECUNIA. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 22(Suppl 1), p 32.
• Thorn J, Janssen L, Pokhilenko I, Berger M, Evers S MMA, Simon J. Conducting Think-Aloud Interviews Online: Development of a Recall Questionnaire in the PECUNIA Project. Paul Chapman / Sage Publications Ltd, 2022. DOI: 10.4135/9781529607475. ISBN: 9781529607475.
• Assessing the costs and outcomes of healthcare - EU Research Spring 2021.
• Simon J. Economic burden of diseases: methodological pearls and pitfalls. EUPHA, Public Health Economics Section webinar; virtual; 2021 Sep 22 (invited talk)