 Health Care Costs
"Health Care Costs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The actual costs of providing services related to the delivery of health care, including the costs of procedures, therapies, and medications. It is differentiated from HEALTH EXPENDITURES, which refers to the amount of money paid for the services, and from fees, which refers to the amount charged, regardless of cost.
| Descriptor ID |
D017048
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400 N05.300.375
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| Concept/Terms |
Health Care Costs- Health Care Costs
- Cost, Health Care
- Costs, Health Care
- Health Care Cost
- Health Costs
- Cost, Health
- Costs, Health
- Health Cost
- Healthcare Costs
- Cost, Healthcare
- Costs, Healthcare
- Healthcare Cost
Medical Care Costs- Medical Care Costs
- Costs, Medical Care
- Cost, Medical Care
- Medical Care Cost
Treatment Costs- Treatment Costs
- Cost, Treatment
- Costs, Treatment
- Treatment Cost
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Chama-Chiliba CM, Koch SF. An assessment of the effect of user fee policy reform on facility-based deliveries in rural Zambia. BMC Res Notes. 2016 Dec 07; 9(1):504.
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Shah DN, Aitken SL, Barragan LF, Bozorgui S, Goddu S, Navarro ME, Xie Y, DuPont HL, Garey KW. Economic burden of primary compared with recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients: a prospective cohort study. J Hosp Infect. 2016 Jul; 93(3):286-9.
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Thrasher TA, Fisher S. Societal costs of intrathecal drug delivery systems--an administrative analysis based on patient claims. Neuromodulation. 2013 May-Jun; 16(3):261-5; discussion 265.
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Omojasola A, Hernandez M, Sansgiry S, Jones L. Perception of generic prescription drugs and utilization of generic drug discount programs. Ethn Dis. 2012; 22(4):479-85.
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Jit M, Stagg HR, Aldridge RW, White PJ, Abubakar I. Dedicated outreach service for hard to reach patients with tuberculosis in London: observational study and economic evaluation. BMJ. 2011 Sep 14; 343:d5376.
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Arora V, Kachroo S, Ghantoji SS, Dupont HL, Garey KW. High Horn's index score predicts poor outcomes in patients with Clostridium difficile infection. J Hosp Infect. 2011 Sep; 79(1):23-6.
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Hirsch EB, Tam VH. Impact of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection on patient outcomes. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2010 Aug; 10(4):441-51.
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O'Connor DP, Knoblauch MA. Electrocardiogram testing during athletic preparticipation physical examinations. J Athl Train. 2010 May-Jun; 45(3):265-72.
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Ghantoji SS, Sail K, Lairson DR, DuPont HL, Garey KW. Economic healthcare costs of Clostridium difficile infection: a systematic review. J Hosp Infect. 2010 Apr; 74(4):309-18.
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Garey KW, Amrutkar P, Dao-Tran TK, Frost CP, Chen H, Essien EJ, Gentry LO. Economic benefit of appropriate timing of vancomycin prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Pharmacotherapy. 2008 Jun; 28(6):699-706.
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