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Cost Allocation MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Cost Allocation
Tree Number(s)
N03.219.151.080
Unique ID
D003361
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003361
Annotation
NIM
Scope Note
The assignment, to each of several particular cost-centers, of an equitable proportion of the costs of activities that serve all of them. Cost-center usually refers to institutional departments or services.
Entry Term(s)
Cost Apportionment
Cost Shifting
Previous Indexing
Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS 1979-90
History Note
91(79); was see under COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS 1979-90
Date Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
1993/09/16
Cost Allocation Preferred
Cost Shifting Narrower
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