"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400 N05.300.375
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| 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
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Health Care Costs After Lumbar Fusion and Disk Replacement for Diskogenic Pain. Orthopedics. 2025; 48(2):117-120.
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Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty in an Outpatient Setting: A Growing Alternative. J Arthroplasty. 2024 Nov; 39(11):2837-2840.e1.
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Cauda Equina Syndrome: Cost Burden After Spinal Decompression. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 Jul 15; 32(14):660-667.
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Cost Difference in Performing Total Knee Arthroplasty at Ambulatory Surgical Centers Compared With Hospital-Based Outpatient Departments: Observational Study. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2024 Dec 01; 32(23):1095-1100.
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Health Care Costs Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion or Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Apr 15; 49(8):530-535.
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Prediction of total healthcare cost following total shoulder arthroplasty utilizing machine learning. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2022 Dec; 31(12):2449-2456.
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Drivers of Unequal Healthcare Costs in the Nonoperative Treatment of Late-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis Prior to Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2022 Oct; 37(10):1967-1972.e1.
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National Trends in Post-Acute Care Costs Following Total Hip Arthroplasty from 2010 through 2018. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 02 02; 104(3):255-264.
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Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and health care costs in hypertensive men. Atherosclerosis. 2021 08; 331:1-5.
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Costs of unicompartmental compared with total knee arthroplasty : a matched cohort study over ten years. Bone Joint J. 2021 Jun; 103-B(6 Supple A):23-31.