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MeSH Heading: Hospital Costs
Tree Number(s): N03.219.151.400.687; N03.219.262.500; N05.300.375.500
Unique ID: D017721
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017721
Annotation: expenses incurred by hosp in providing services: do not confuse with HOSPITAL CHARGES, prices for services
Scope Note: 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).
Entry Version: HOSP COSTS
Entry Term(s): Cost, Hospital; Costs, Hospital
Previous Indexing: Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1993); Economics, Hospital (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2019/05/24

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Hospital Costs MeSH Descriptor Data 2024