DeCS

Descriptor English:

Cost Control

Descriptor Spanish:

Control de Costos

Spanish from Spain

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):

Contrôle des coûts

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 économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
OG organisation et administration
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances

DeCS ID:

3378

Unique ID:

D003363

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1980/01/01

Date of Entry:

1978/05/08

Revision Date:

2004/07/07