"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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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 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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Horwitz JR, Kelly BD, DiNardo JE. Wellness incentives in the workplace: cost savings through cost shifting to unhealthy workers. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013 Mar; 32(3):468-76.
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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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Carpenter CE, Weitzel LC, Johnson NE, Nash DB. Cost accounting supports clinical evaluations. Healthc Financ Manage. 1994 Apr; 48(4):40-2, 44.
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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.