Health Care Costs

"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.

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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 185 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	2	2
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	3	2	5
2008	2	2	4
2009	3	3	6
2010	1	7	8
2011	3	3	6
2012	3	6	9
2013	6	4	10
2014	6	8	14
2015	11	4	15
2016	4	5	9
2017	9	6	15
2018	2	2	4
2019	4	3	7
2020	11	5	16
2021	3	5	8
2022	1	2	3
2023	0	3	3
2024	3	1	4
2025	1	3	4
2026	4	1	5

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

Hager K, Alcusky M, Zhang FF, Sing G, Ash A, Mick E, Terranova J, DiBacco E, Buckler S, Rich A, Bowman J, Folta S, Prendergast K, Frank J, Ball C, Chiang JS, Mozaffarian D. Medically tailored meals receipt and healthcare utilization and costs in Massachusetts' Medicaid demonstration. Nat Med. 2026 Jun; 32(6):2147-2154.

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Kim HJ, Sim JA, Lee SY, Yoo SH. Association between palliative care consultation and care transition outcomes among hospitalized advanced cancer patients. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2026 May 09; 10(3).

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Sabatino MJ, Hager K, Ash AS, Sing G, Bowman J, Buckler S, Rich A, Himmelstein J, Alcusky MJ. Massachusetts Medicaid Housing Supports Reduced Health Care Costs Among Adults With Behavioral Health Conditions. Health Aff (Millwood). 2026 Apr; 45(4):432-440.

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Gaffney A, McCormick D, Dickman SL, Bor D, Azaroff L, Himmelstein DU, Woolhandler S. Risk of Burdensome Health Care Spending Over Time in the US. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 02 01; 186(2):203-213.

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Joshi M, Kim K, Pickard AS, Sharp LK, Gerber BS, Touchette DR. Mobile health intervention for type 2 diabetes management delivered by community health workers and clinical pharmacists: Intervention costs and healthcare resource utilization. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2026 Jan 27; 83(3):e116-e125.

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Elmoursi A, DiGiacomo DV, Farmer JR, Barmettler S. Hepatic Manifestations in Common Variable Immunodeficiency Associated With Mortality and Worse Hospital Outcomes in Nationwide Analysis Using National Readmission Database. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2025 Nov; 13(11):3118-3128.e3.

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Yanamandra U, Raphael C, Peela R, Saleh AJM, Dorji T, Juneh H, Gyi AA, Jha A, Mir MA, Somawardana B, Kabir AL, Poudyal B, Wimalachandra M, Aziz Z, Williams S, Usmani S, Kumar S, Malhotra P. Treatment Accessibility, Availability, and Healthcare Costs for Multiple Myeloma in South Asian Countries. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2025 Dec; 25(12):e1134-e1144.

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Hager K, Sabatino M, Williams J, Ash AS, Halasa-Rappel Y, Flahive JM, Min HS, Sing G, Buckler S, Rich A, Bowman J, Himmelstein J, Alcusky MJ. Medicaid Nutrition Supports Associated With Reductions In Hospitalizations And ED Visits In Massachusetts, 2020-23. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 04; 44(4):413-421.

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Usta G, Ramsey DJ. Low Vision Services Are Underutilized by Patients with Vision Loss from Corneal Disease. Cornea. 2026 Apr 01; 45(4):421-427.

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Kaplan A, Winters A, Klarman S, Kriss M, Hughes D, Sharma P, Asrani S, Hutchison A, Myoung P, Zaman A, Butler L, Pomposelli J, Gordon F, Duarte-Rojo A, Devuni D, Fortune B. The rising cost of liver transplantation in the United States. Liver Transpl. 2025 Sep 01; 31(9):1165-1175.

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