"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Do Orbital Implants Differ in Complication Rates: A Retrospective Study of 88 Patients, and an Argument for Cost-Effective Practices in the Face of Rising Health Care Costs. Facial Plast Surg. 2022 Jun; 38(3):293-299.
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Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care (IBH-PC) to improve patient-centered outcomes in adults with multiple chronic medical and behavioral health conditions: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster-randomized control trial. Trials. 2021 Mar 10; 22(1):200.
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Timeliness of pediatric surgical appendicitis care is associated with time of hospital admission. Surgery. 2021 07; 170(1):224-231.
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Health care-related time costs in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Cancer Med. 2020 11; 9(22):8423-8431.
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Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery in Patients With Movement Disorders: A Propensity-matched Analysis of Outcomes and Cost. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Mar 01; 45(5):E288-E295.
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Projecting the Long-Term Economic Impact of Once-Monthly Paliperidone Palmitate Versus Oral Atypical Antipsychotics in Medicaid Patients with Schizophrenia. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020 Feb; 26(2):176-185.
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Guideline Discordance and Patient Cost Responsibility in Medicare Beneficiaries With Metastatic Breast Cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 10 01; 17(10):1221-1228.
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Standardized classification and framework for reporting, interpreting, and analysing medication non-adherence in cardiovascular clinical trials: a consensus report from the Non-adherence Academic Research Consortium (NARC). Eur Heart J. 2019 07 01; 40(25):2070-2085.
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Identifying the Most Costly Patients in Radiation Oncology and Predicting the Top Spenders. J Oncol Pract. 2019 08; 15(8):e704-e716.
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Effect of Genetic Diagnosis on Patients with Previously Undiagnosed Disease. N Engl J Med. 2018 11 29; 379(22):2131-2139.