"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400 N05.300.375
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| 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
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2014 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
| 2016 | 11 | 8 | 19 |
| 2017 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2019 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Health Care Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Fish oil lipid emulsion compared with soybean oil lipid emulsion in pediatric patients with parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis: A cost-effectiveness study. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2025 Feb; 49(2):180-188.
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Marginal health care expenditures for melanoma care in the United States. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2024 Dec; 30(12):1364-1374.
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Trends in novel antiandrogen receptor signal inhibitor use and medical costs in prostate cancer. Cancer Med. 2024 Dec; 13(24):e70226.
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Healthcare Costs in the United States by Demographic Characteristics and Comorbidity Status. Value Health. 2025 Feb; 28(2):206-214.
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A Costly Cure: Understanding and Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cardiovascular Disease Health Care Within the Domain of Social Determinants of Health. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2024; 20(5):15-26.
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The utility of value frameworks in cost communications: making them real for patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Sep 01; 116(9):1411-1413.
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Real-world treatment patterns, resource utilization and costs in biliary tract cancers in the USA. Future Oncol. 2024; 20(34):2625-2636.
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Cost of ovarian cancer by the phase of care in the United States. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Feb; 232(2):204.e1-204.e13.
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The Cost of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care: How to Make it Sustainable. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Feb; 23(3):386-395.
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Cost-effectiveness and threshold analysis of deep brain stimulation vs. treatment-as-usual for treatment-resistant depression. Transl Psychiatry. 2024 Jun 07; 14(1):243.