Health Care

Hospital Charges

The prices a hospital sets for its services. HOSPITAL COSTS (the direct and indirect expenses incurred by the hospital in providing the services) are one factor in the determination of hospital charges. Other factors may include, for example, profits, competition, and the necessity of recouping the costs of uncompensated care.

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The prices a hospital sets for its services. HOSPITAL COSTS (the direct and indirect expenses incurred by the hospital in providing the services) are one factor in the determination of hospital charges. Other factors may include, for example, profits, competition, and the necessity of recouping the costs of uncompensated care.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Charge, Hospital
  • Charges, Hospital
  • Hospital Charge

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8 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

prices for services: do not confuse with HOSPITAL COSTS, expenses incurred by hosp in providing services

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Previous Indexing

  • Economics, Hospital (1967-1993)
  • Fees and Charges (1967-1993)

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  1. N03w.219w.262.300
  2. N03w.219w.442.613

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Charges. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017722. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017722
  2. Hospital Charges. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70362088