Hospital Costs

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.151.400.687 N03.219.262.500 N05.300.375.500
Concept/Terms	Hospital Costs Hospital Costs Costs, Hospital Hospital Cost Cost, Hospital

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hospital 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]
Hospital Costs [N03.219.151.400.687]
Economics, Hospital [N03.219.262]
Hospital Costs [N03.219.262.500]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Health Care Costs [N05.300.375]
Hospital Costs [N05.300.375.500]

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Bar chart showing 28 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	1	2
2008	0	1	1
2009	1	1	2
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	0	3	3
2013	1	1	2
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	1	2
2017	1	0	1
2018	2	0	2
2021	1	0	1

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Berry JG, Hall M, Cohen E, Feudtner C, Chiang VW, Chung PJ, Gay JC, Shah SS, Casto E, Richardson T. Hospitals' Diversity of Diagnosis Groups and Associated Costs of Care. Pediatrics. 2021 03; 147(3).

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Wachman EM, Grossman M, Schiff DM, Philipp BL, Minear S, Hutton E, Saia K, Nikita F, Khattab A, Nolin A, Alvarez C, Barry K, Combs G, Stickney D, Driscoll J, Humphreys R, Burke J, Farrell C, Shrestha H, Whalen BL. Quality improvement initiative to improve inpatient outcomes for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. J Perinatol. 2018 08; 38(8):1114-1122.

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Courtwright AM, Zaleski D, Gardo L, Ahya VN, Christie JD, Crespo M, Hadjiliadis D, Lee J, Molina M, Patel N, Porteous M, Cantu EE, Bermudez C, Diamond JM. Causes, Preventability, and Cost of Unplanned Rehospitalizations Within 30 Days of Discharge After Lung Transplantation. Transplantation. 2018 05; 102(5):838-844.

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Chagpar AB, Horowitz NR, Killelea BK, Tsangaris T, Longley P, Grizzle S, Loftus M, Li F, Butler M, Stavris K, Yao X, Harigopal M, Bossuyt V, Lannin DR, Pusztai L, Davidoff AJ, Gross CP. Economic Impact of Routine Cavity Margins Versus Standard Partial Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Ann Surg. 2017 Jan; 265(1):39-44.

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Colvin JD, Hall M, Berry JG, Gottlieb LM, Bettenhausen JL, Shah SS, Fieldston ES, Conway PH, Chung PJ. Financial Loss for Inpatient Care of Medicaid-Insured Children. JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Nov 01; 170(11):1055-1062.

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Kaufman E, Rising K, Wiebe DJ, Ebler DJ, Crandall ML, Delgado MK. Recurrent violent injury: magnitude, risk factors, and opportunities for intervention from a statewide analysis. Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Sep; 34(9):1823-30.

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Grenda TR, Pradarelli JC, Thumma JR, Dimick JB. Variation in Hospital Episode Costs With Bariatric Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2015 Dec; 150(12):1109-15.

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Grenda TR, Krell RW, Dimick JB. Reliability of hospital cost profiles in inpatient surgery. Surgery. 2016 Feb; 159(2):375-80.

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Goldberg J, Dayaratna S. Reply: To PMID 24060444. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 May; 210(5):492.

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Gross K, Brenner JC, Truchil A, Post EM, Riley AH. Building a citywide, all-payer, hospital claims database to improve health care delivery in a low-income, urban community. Popul Health Manag. 2013; 16 Suppl 1:S20-5.

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