Health Care

Hospital Costs

The expenses incurred by a hospital in providing care. The hospital costs attributed to a particular patient care episode include the direct costs plus an appropriate proportion of the overhead for administration, personnel, building maintenance, equipment, etc. Hospital costs are one of the factors which determine HOSPITAL CHARGES (the price the hospital sets for its services).

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Abstract

The expenses incurred by a hospital in providing care. The hospital costs attributed to a particular patient care episode include the direct costs plus an appropriate proportion of the overhead for administration, personnel, building maintenance, equipment, etc. Hospital costs are one of the factors which determine HOSPITAL CHARGES (the price the hospital sets for its services).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Cost, Hospital
  • Costs, Hospital
  • Hospital Cost

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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

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

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1993)
  • Economics, Hospital (1966-1993)

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  1. N03w.219w.151.400.687
  2. N03w.219w.262.500
  3. N05.300w.375.500

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Costs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017721. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017721
  2. Hospital Costs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62522462