"Hospital Charges" 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 prices a hospital sets for its services. HOSPITAL COSTS (the direct and indirect expenses incurred by the hospital in providing the services) are one factor in the determination of hospital charges. Other factors may include, for example, profits, competition, and the necessity of recouping the costs of uncompensated care.
| Descriptor ID |
D017722
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.262.300 N03.219.442.613
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Charges- Hospital Charges
- Hospital Charge
- Charges, Hospital
- Charge, Hospital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospital Charges" by people in Profiles.
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Health outcomes and economic burden of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the United States. J Med Econ. 2021 Jan-Dec; 24(1):308-317.
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Price Transparency for COVID-19 Testing Among Top US Hospitals. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 01; 36(1):245-247.
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Sheltered Neurosurgery During COVID-19: The Emory Experience. World Neurosurg. 2020 12; 144:e204-e209.
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IR is an Operational and Financial Hedge for Hospitals during COVID-19. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 10; 31(10):1724-1726.
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Contemporary National Assessment of Robot-Assisted Surgery Rates and Total Hospital Charges for Major Surgical Uro-Oncological Procedures in the United States. J Endourol. 2019 06; 33(6):438-447.
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Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage is associated with poor outcomes among patients with acute cholangitis: a nationwide analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 05; 31(5):586-592.
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Comparison of perioperative outcomes between open and minimally invasive nephroureterectomy: A population-based analysis. Int J Urol. 2019 04; 26(4):487-492.
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Reply: Hospital Charges Associated With Inpatient Troponin Testing. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 12 11; 72(23 Pt A):2941.
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Increased Severe Trauma Patient Volume is Associated With Survival Benefit and Reduced Total Health Care Costs: A Retrospective Observational Study Using a Japanese Nationwide Administrative Database. Ann Surg. 2018 12; 268(6):1091-1096.
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Assessing Variability in Hospital-Level Mortality Among U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries With Hospitalizations for Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Crit Care Med. 2018 11; 46(11):1753-1760.