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Descriptor English: Cost Control
Descriptor Spanish: Control de Costos
Descriptor control de costes
Entry term(s) contención de costes
Scope note: Contención, regulación o limitación de los costes. Se habla de contención cuando el valor de los recursos para una actividad no es excesivo. Esta determinación frecuentemente es subjetiva y dependiente del área geográfica específica en la que se mide la actividad. (Traducción libre del original: Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Controle de Custos
Descriptor French: Maîtrise des coûts
Entry term(s): Containment, Cost
Containments, Cost
Control, Cost
Controls, Cost
Cost Containment
Cost Containments
Cost Controls
Tree number(s): N03.219.151.160
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003363
Scope note: The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
Annotation: NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 80; was see under COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS 1979
History Note: 80(79); was see under COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS 1979
DeCS ID: 3378
Unique ID: D003363
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/05/08
Revision Date: 2004/07/07
Cost Control - Preferred
Concept UI M0005239
Scope note The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
Preferred term Cost Control
Entry term(s) Containment, Cost
Containments, Cost
Control, Cost
Controls, Cost
Cost Containment
Cost Containments
Cost Controls



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