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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.151.400 N05.300.375
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

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Care Costs".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Costs and Cost Analysis [N03.219.151]
Health Care Costs [N03.219.151.400]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Health Care Costs [N05.300.375]

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Bar chart showing 84 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2005	1	2	3
2006	2	1	3
2007	2	2	4
2009	1	3	4
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	3	4
2012	2	3	5
2013	5	5	10
2014	1	3	4
2015	1	1	2
2016	2	6	8
2017	2	2	4
2018	5	1	6
2019	3	4	7
2020	4	1	5
2021	1	3	4
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	1	2
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in Profiles.

Hussein M, Wu L, Soliman AS, Healey MA, Baser O. Prevalence, Economic Burden, and Healthcare Utilization among Medicare and Commercially Insured Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2026 Mar 02; 35(3):406-414.

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Camprub?-Ferrer D, Thayer MB, Madewell ZJ, Mac McCullough J, S?nchez-Gonz?lez L, Rivera A, Perez-Padilla J, Rodriguez DM, Aponte JT, Johansson MA, Paz-Bailey G, Rivera-Amill V, Marzan-Rodriguez M, Adams LE. Economic burden of dengue in Puerto Rico, 2010-2023. Infect Dis Poverty. 2026 Jan 27; 15(1):15.

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Liaw W, Adepoju OE, Luo J, Glasheen B, King B, Kakadiaris I, Prewitt T, Womack P, Dobbins J, Madani M, Shah R, Fuentes CG, Woodard L. Factors Associated with Health Care Costs in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Insights for Value-Based Payment Models. Popul Health Manag. 2025 08; 28(4):191-197.

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Zheng J, Abudayyeh I, Rakovski C, Ehwerhemuepha L, Mianroodi AR, Patel JN, Ihab A, Ani C. Trends in heart failure costs for commercially insured patients in the United States (2006-2021). BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jul 08; 24(1):780.

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Tran PT, Nduaguba SO, Wang Y, Diaby V, Finelli L, Choi Y, Winterstein AG. Economic Burden of Medically Attended Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections Among Privately Insured Children Under 5?Years of Age in the USA. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2024 07; 18(7):e13347.

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Kanwal F, Nelson R, Liu Y, Kramer JR, Hernaez R, Cholankeril G, Rana A, Flores A, Smith D, Cao Y, Beech B, Asch SM. Cost of Care for Patients With Cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2024 03 01; 119(3):497-504.

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Dawson L, Nehme E, Nehme Z, Zomer E, Bloom J, Cox S, Anderson D, Stephenson M, Lefkovits J, Taylor A, Kaye D, Cullen L, Smith K, Stub D. Healthcare cost burden of acute chest pain presentations. Emerg Med J. 2023 Jun; 40(6):437-443.

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Guo M, Do B, Wong K, Lee TH, Talagi D, Lum B, Rahberg N, Ha E, Fan VY. Sexual Violence and Substance Use Diagnosed in Emergency Department Discharges in Hawaii, 2005-2014. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 04; 19(23).

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Sakamoto Y, Yamauchi Y, Jo T, Michihata N, Hasegawa W, Takeshima H, Matsui H, Fushimi K, Yasunaga H, Nagase T. In-hospital mortality associated with community-acquired pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a matched-pair cohort study. BMC Pulm Med. 2021 Nov 03; 21(1):345.

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Jiang X, Vouri SM, Diaby V, Lo-Ciganic W, Parker R, Park H. Health care utilization and costs associated with direct-acting antivirals for patients with substance use disorders and chronic hepatitis C. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2021 Oct; 27(10):1388-1402.

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