"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400.687 N03.219.262.500 N05.300.375.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Costs- Hospital Costs
- Costs, Hospital
- Hospital Cost
- Cost, Hospital
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospital Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Optimizing advanced practitioner charge capture in high-acuity surgical intensive care units. Arch Surg. 2011 May; 146(5):552-5.
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Impact of declines in nutritional status on outcomes in adult patients hospitalized for more than 7 days. J Am Diet Assoc. 2000 Nov; 100(11):1316-22; quiz 1323-4.