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]

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

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Costs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 74 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 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	1	3
2009	1	3	4
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	2	3
2012	2	3	5
2013	4	5	9
2014	2	2	4
2015	1	1	2
2016	2	6	8
2017	1	2	3
2018	3	1	4
2019	3	3	6
2020	3	0	3
2021	2	3	5
2022	0	1	1
2023	1	1	2
2024	1	1	2

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

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 Jul; 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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van Boemmel-Wegmann S, Brown JD, Diaby V, Huo J, Silver N, Park H. Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated With Systemic First-Line Metastatic Melanoma Therapies in the United States. JCO Oncol Pract. 2022 01; 18(1):e163-e174.

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Morrar R, Jabr S, Ghandour R, Abu-Rmeileh NM, Forgione DA, Younis M. Identifying healthcare cost drivers in Palestine. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 May; 36(3):911-924.

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Ganske IM, Sanchez K, Le E, Langa OC, Sharif-Askary B, Ross E, Santiago P, Meara JG, Padwa BL, Allori AC. Time-Driven, Activity-Based Costing of Presurgical Infant Orthopedics: A Critical Component of Establishing Value of Latham Appliance and Nasoalveolar Molding. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2021 03 01; 147(3):444-454.

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