"Hospital 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 expenses incurred by a hospital in providing care. The hospital costs attributed to a particular patient care episode include the direct costs plus an appropriate proportion of the overhead for administration, personnel, building maintenance, equipment, etc. Hospital costs are one of the factors which determine HOSPITAL CHARGES (the price the hospital sets for its services).
| Descriptor ID |
D017721
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400.687 N03.219.262.500 N05.300.375.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Costs- Hospital Costs
- Costs, Hospital
- Hospital Cost
- Cost, Hospital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| 2018 | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| 2019 | 5 | 14 | 19 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospital Costs" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19-related hospital cost-outcome analysis: The impact of clinical and demographic factors. Braz J Infect Dis. 2021 Jul-Aug; 25(4):101609.
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Out-of-Hospital Cervical Ripening With a Synthetic Hygroscopic Cervical Dilator May Reduce Hospital Costs and Cesarean Sections in the United States-A Cost-Consequence Analysis. Front Public Health. 2021; 9:689115.
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Patient Characteristics and Costs Associated With COVID-19-Related Medical Care Among Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries. Ann Intern Med. 2021 08; 174(8):1101-1109.
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Temporal Trends, Management and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction with Concomitant Respiratory Infections. Am J Cardiol. 2021 07 01; 150:1-7.
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The Cost of Quarantine: Projecting the Financial Impact of Canceled Elective Surgery on the Nation's Hospitals. Ann Surg. 2021 05 01; 273(5):844-849.
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Resource requirements for reintroducing elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: modelling study. Br J Surg. 2021 Jan 27; 108(1):97-103.
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COVID-19: Winter Is Coming. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 03; 36(3):810.
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The aftermath of SARS-CoV-2 in NICU: saving or checking accounts? Projected cost-effectiveness analysis. Eur J Pediatr. 2021 May; 180(5):1631-1635.
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Hospital Inpatient Charges of COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests Ranged from $10 to $1390. Popul Health Manag. 2021 08; 24(4):433-435.
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Estimated excess acute-care length of stay and extra cost of testing-based versus symptom-based isolation strategies among veterans hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) discharging to a congregate setting. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 03; 42(3):356-358.