| Descriptor English: | Health Care Costs | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Costos de la Atención en Salud
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Custos de Cuidados de Saúde | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Coûts des soins de santé | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Cost, Health Cost, Health Care Cost, Healthcare Cost, Medical Care Cost, Treatment Costs, Health Costs, Health Care Costs, Healthcare Costs, Medical Care Costs, Treatment Health Care Cost Health Cost Health Costs Healthcare Cost Healthcare Costs Medical Care Cost Medical Care Costs Treatment Cost Treatment Costs |
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| Tree number(s): |
N03.219.151.400 N05.300.375 SP1.101.750.540.210 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017048 | ||||||
| Scope note: | 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. |
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| Annotation: | actual cost of providing care: do not confuse with HEALTH EXPENDITURES (the amount paid for the service) or with FEES AND CHARGES (the amount charged regardless of cost); do not confuse with COST OF ILLNESS which is a personal cost (psychol, social, etc.) as well as a monetary cost for services |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification ES ethics HI history LJ legislation & jurisprudence SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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| Previous Indexing: |
Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1991) Health Expenditures (1968-1991) |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 92 |
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| History Note: | 92 |
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| Related: |
Health Expenditures
MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 30057 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D017048 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1992/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1991/06/20 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2018/06/29 |
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Health Care Costs
- Preferred
Medical Care Costs
- Narrower
Treatment Costs
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| Concept UI |
M0025904 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Health Care Costs |
| Entry term(s) |
Cost, Health Cost, Health Care Cost, Healthcare Costs, Health Costs, Health Care Costs, Healthcare Health Care Cost Health Cost Health Costs Healthcare Cost Healthcare Costs |
| Concept UI |
M0025905 |
| Preferred term | Medical Care Costs |
| Entry term(s) |
Cost, Medical Care Costs, Medical Care Medical Care Cost |
| Concept UI |
M0025906 |
| Preferred term | Treatment Costs |
| Entry term(s) |
Cost, Treatment Costs, Treatment Treatment Cost |
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