Prices/unit costs in 1996 prices, local currencies. Rates of exchange to USD are from November 1996
| Denmark1-1 | Finland1-2 | Norway1-3 | Sweden1-4 | |
| USD 1=DKK 5.9 | USD 1=FMK 4.6 | USD 1=NOK 6.4 | USD 1=SEK 6.7 | |
| Surgery (incl. hospital stay) | 34 530 | 23 000 | 66 000 | 41 759 |
| Endoscopy | 1050 | 600 | 833 | 1328 |
| Visit to doctor | 475 | 350 | 158 | 460 |
| Visit to nurse | 394 | 200 | 131 | 501 |
| Renumeration | 34 530 | 20 000 | 66 000 | 49 515 |
| Hernia operation | 20 000 | 11 500 | 18 260 | 25 900 |
| Omeprazole 20 mg capsule | 17.9 | 21.9 | 21.8 | 22.4 |
| Omeprazole 40 mg capsule | 34.4 | 35.7 | 42.6 | 29.5 |
| Car 10 km1-5 | 23.0 | 18.9 | 30.5 | 27.5 |
| Bus 10 km1-6 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 15.3 | 12.9 |
| Taxi 10 km1-6 | 91.0 | 60.5 | 107.0 | 107.5 |
| Loss of production per hour of absence1-7 | 139.5 | 58.5 | 117.3 | 167.9 |
↵1-1 Estimates of direct medical costs are the averages of estimates from Odense University Hospital and Aalborg Hospital.
↵1-2 Estimate of cost of surgery is from Diakonissanstaltens Sjukhus, Helsinki. Estimates of other direct medical costs are from University Hospital of Kuopio.
↵1-3 Estimates of direct medical costs are from Aker Hospital, Oslo.
↵1-4 Estimates of direct medical costs are from Sahlgren's University Hospital, Gothenburg.
↵1-5 Based on remuneration for private car in work.
↵1-6 Based on estimates from bus and taxi companies.
↵1-7 Based on the total labour cost per hour for an industrial worker, official statistics.