"Hospital Charges" 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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017722
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.262.300 N03.219.442.613
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Charges- Hospital Charges
- Hospital Charge
- Charges, Hospital
- Charge, Hospital
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospital Charges" by people in Profiles.
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Hospital care for children with hydrocephalus in the United States: resource utilization, charges, comorbidities, and deaths (2006-2019). J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Nov 07; 37(1):77-86.
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Increase in Health Care Utilization of Texas Infants with Congenital Anomalies Following Senate Bill 8. J Pediatr. 2026 01; 288:114823.
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Association between diabetes mellitus and total hip arthroplasty outcomes: an observational study using the US National Inpatient Sample. BMJ Open. 2024 07 22; 14(7):e085400.
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Descriptions and Changes in Charge Master Pricings of US Children's Hospitals From 2019 to 2021. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 05 01; 13(5):368-374.
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Sharing the Operating Room: A Descriptive Study of Combined and Collaborative Plastic Surgery Cases. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 05 01; 149(5):1009e-1013e.
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Serious Infections in Patients With Gout in the US: A?National Study of Incidence, Time Trends, and Outcomes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 06; 73(6):898-908.
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Congenital Heart Disease and Myelomeningocele in the Newborn: Prevalence and Mortality. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Jun; 42(5):1026-1032.
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Total knee arthroplasty outcomes in lupus: a study using the US National Inpatient Sample. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 12 01; 58(12):2130-2136.
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Age, race, comorbidity, and insurance payer type are associated with outcomes after total ankle arthroplasty. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Mar; 39(3):881-890.
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Blunt versus penetrating trauma: Is there a resource intensity discrepancy? Am J Surg. 2019 12; 218(6):1201-1205.