Health Care

Cost Control

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)

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Abstract

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)

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7 entry terms
  • Cost Containment
  • Containment, Cost
  • Containments, Cost
  • Control, Cost
  • Controls, Cost
  • Cost Containments
  • Cost Controls

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10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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NIM

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History Note

80(79); was see under COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS 1979

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Previous Indexing

  • Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1978)

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  1. N03w.219w.151.160

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cost Control. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003363. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003363
  2. Cost Control. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3695250