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"Health Care Costs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The actual costs of providing services related to the delivery of health care, including the costs of procedures, therapies, and medications. It is differentiated from HEALTH EXPENDITURES, which refers to the amount of money paid for the services, and from fees, which refers to the amount charged, regardless of cost.

Descriptor ID	D017048
MeSH Number(s)	N03.219.151.400 N05.300.375
Concept/Terms	Health Care Costs Health Care Costs Cost, Health Care Costs, Health Care Health Care Cost Health Costs Cost, Health Costs, Health Health Cost Healthcare Costs Cost, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Healthcare Cost Medical Care Costs Medical Care Costs Costs, Medical Care Cost, Medical Care Medical Care Cost Treatment Costs Treatment Costs Cost, Treatment Costs, Treatment Treatment Cost

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Health Care Costs".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Costs and Cost Analysis [N03.219.151]
Health Care Costs [N03.219.151.400]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Health Care Costs [N05.300.375]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Health Care Costs".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Health Care Costs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 169 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	0	1	1
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	2	0	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	4	0	4
2002	1	2	3
2003	3	2	5
2004	1	0	1
2005	3	1	4
2006	3	3	6
2007	4	2	6
2008	2	1	3
2009	3	3	6
2010	1	6	7
2011	3	3	6
2012	3	6	9
2013	6	4	10
2014	5	9	14
2015	9	4	13
2016	4	5	9
2017	6	4	10
2018	4	2	6
2019	4	3	7
2020	10	6	16
2021	2	5	7
2022	1	1	2
2023	0	4	4
2024	2	2	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in Profiles.

Wood JJ, Phan QA, Phan J, Farzan JJ, Joo A, Geraghty S, Lalikos JF. Treatment of Plagiocephaly With Orthotic Helmets: Prevalence, Costs, and Inequities in Massachusetts. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 Jan-Feb 01; 36(1):74-77.

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Niehus H, Gunesch AN, Rodriguez N, Khoury J, Ma A, Gu N, Cao T, Muller M, Moriates C, Linker AS, Prochaska M, Fish D, Moulder G, Stephens M, Carney PA, Smeraglio A. Factors Associated with Medical Students' Attitudes About Cost-Conscious Care: A Mixed-Methods Multi-school Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Jan; 40(1):135-145.

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Chiorean M, Jiang J, Candela N, Chen G, Romdhani H, Latremouille-Viau D, Shi S, Bungay R, Guerin A, Fan T. Real-world clinical outcomes and healthcare costs in patients with Crohn's disease treated with vedolizumab versus ustekinumab in the United States. Curr Med Res Opin. 2024 05; 40(5):877-885.

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Andriola C, Ellis RP, Siracuse JJ, Hoagland A, Kuo TC, Hsu HE, Walkey A, Lasser KE, Ash AS. A Novel Machine Learning Algorithm for Creating Risk-Adjusted Payment Formulas. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Apr 05; 5(4):e240625.

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Guterman EL, Kiekhofer RE, Wood AJ, Allen IE, Kahn JG, Dulaney S, Merrilees JJ, Lee K, Chiong W, Bonasera SJ, Braley TL, Hunt LJ, Harrison KL, Miller BL, Possin KL. Care Ecosystem Collaborative Model and Health Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 11 01; 183(11):1222-1228.

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Shi SM, Steinberg N, Oh G, Olivieri-Mui B, Sison S, McCarthy EP, Kim DH. Change in a Claims-Based Frailty Index, Mortality, and Health Care Costs in Medicare Beneficiaries. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 07 08; 78(7):1198-1203.

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Wang L, Lauren BN, Hager K, Zhang FF, Wong JB, Kim DD, Mozaffarian D. Health and Economic Impacts of Implementing Produce Prescription Programs for Diabetes in the United States: A Microsimulation Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 08; 12(15):e029215.

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Allaire BT, Zabala D, Lines LM, Williams C, Halpern M, Mollica M. Associations between healthcare costs and care experiences among older adults with and without cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2023 09; 14(7):101561.

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Huang SP, Li X, Cao B, Nguyen JT, Robinson JE, Derebail VK, Hogan SL, Thorpe CT. Health care costs and utilization prior to diagnosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody vasculitis in Medicare beneficiaries. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2022 Nov; 28(11):1292-1303.

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Parikh RB, Kulbak G, Levy M, Majithia A, Resnic F, Ganatra S, Dani SS. Oral anticoagulation therapies among Medicare beneficiaries: Utilization and costs. Vasc Med. 2022 10; 27(5):490-492.

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