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 389 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 26 publications in 2016

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	3	4
1997	3	1	4
1998	1	2	3
1999	3	5	8
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	6	7
2002	3	5	8
2003	5	4	9
2004	7	8	15
2005	6	3	9
2006	5	6	11
2007	6	5	11
2008	7	3	10
2009	6	8	14
2010	7	14	21
2011	9	10	19
2012	12	8	20
2013	8	10	18
2014	8	9	17
2015	10	9	19
2016	16	10	26
2017	11	8	19
2018	12	10	22
2019	12	12	24
2020	7	13	20
2021	7	8	15
2022	2	4	6
2023	6	5	11
2024	3	10	13
2025	2	1	3

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

Williams MM, Smith NR, Uyl-de Groot CA, den Uil CA, Ross JS, Mohamed MO, Mamas MA, Banerjee A, Ko DT, Landon B, Cram P. Variations in the Medical Device Authorization and Reimbursement Landscape: A Case Study of 2 Cardiovascular Devices Across 4 Countries. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 Apr; 18(4):e011636.

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Combs JC, Yamasaki MU, Dougherty M, Hunkler K, Osmundsen EB, Roura-Monllor J, Stillman RJ, Hill MJ, Devine K, DeCherney AH, Nelson RE, O'Brien JE. Comparing gestational carrier with uterine transplantation in uterine-factor infertility: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Fertil Steril. 2025 Jul; 124(1):134-143.

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Farjoud Kouhanjani M, Shafie'ei M, Hashemi B, Farazdaghi M, Asadi-Pooya AA. "Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs in status epilepticus: A multivariable analysis from a tertiary center in a resource-limited setting". Epilepsy Behav. 2025 Mar; 164:110259.

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Mu Y, Dashtban A, Mizani MA, Tomlinson C, Mohamed M, Ashworth M, Mamas M, Priedon R, Petersen S, Kontopantelis E, Horstmanshof K, Pagel C, Hocaoglu M, Khunti K, Williams R, Thygesen J, Lorgelly P, Gomes M, Heightman M, Banerjee A. Healthcare utilisation of 282,080 individuals with long COVID over two years: a multiple matched control, longitudinal cohort analysis. J R Soc Med. 2024 11; 117(11):369-381.

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Oliver BJ, Melmed GY, Siegel CA, Kennedy AM, Testaverde J, Oberai R, Alandra Weaver S, Almario C. A Hybrid Markov-SPC Approach to Assess Cost Differences in Urgent Care Utilization Using Patient-Reported Data in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Perm J. 2024 09 16; 28(3):234-244.

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King JB, Sakhuja S, Derington CG, Kolm P, Herrick JS, Berchie RO, Shen J, Greene T, Tajeu GS, Howard G, Levitan EB, Muntner P, Safford MM, Ying J, Weintraub WS, Moran AE, Bress AP, Bellows BK. Annual Cost of Implementing Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Goals in the United States. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Sep 17; 13(18):e034515.

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McNamara KC, Rudy ET, Rogers J, Goldberg ZN, Friedman HS, Navaratnam P, Nash DB. The Cost of Unhealthy Days: A New Value Assessment. Popul Health Manag. 2024 Jun; 27(5):307-311.

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Pauly N, Burrell A, Drelich D, Zhang X, Thiruvillakkat K, Nysenbaum J, Fiori A, Yan S. Assessing health care resource use, outcomes, and costs among Medicaid beneficiaries receiving factor IX prophylaxis for hemophilia B. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2024 Oct; 30(10):1095-1105.

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Su AW, Saboe M, Condliffe S, Hazen K, Atanda A, Rogers KJ. Adolescent anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a decade of rising surgical cost. Am J Manag Care. 2024 06 01; 30(6):e178-e183.

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Kohring AS, Lutz R, Parikh N, Hobbs J, Bridges TN, Krueger CA. Analysis of Costs Associated With Increased Length of Stay After Total Joint Arthroplasty at a Single Private Practice. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2025 Jan 01; 33(1):e24-e35.

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