"Cost Allocation" 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 assignment, to each of several particular cost-centers, of an equitable proportion of the costs of activities that serve all of them. Cost-center usually refers to institutional departments or services.
| Descriptor ID |
D003361
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.080
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| Concept/Terms |
Cost Allocation- Cost Allocation
- Allocation, Cost
- Allocations, Cost
- Cost Allocations
- Cost Apportionment
- Apportionment, Cost
- Apportionments, Cost
- Cost Apportionments
Cost Shifting- Cost Shifting
- Cost Shiftings
- Shifting, Cost
- Shiftings, Cost
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cost Allocation" by people in Profiles.
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Rising KL, Hollander JE. Observation units: cost saving through cost shifting. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012 Dec; 31(12):2829; author reply 2830.
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Madan AK, Tichansky DS, Ternovits CA, Speck KE, Steinhauer BW, Croce MA, Fabian TC. Establishing a laparoscopic bariatric program in a safety net hospital. Surg Endosc. 2007 May; 21(5):801-4.
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Shulkin DJ, Hillman AL, Cooper WM. Reasons for increasing administrative costs in hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 1993 Jul 01; 119(1):74-8.
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Goldman HH, Adler DA, Berlant J, Docherty J, Dorwart R, Ellison JM, Pajer K, Siris S, Kapur S. The case for a services-based approach to payment for mental illness under national health care reform. Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1993 Jun; 44(6):542-4.