"Hospital 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 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).
| Descriptor ID |
D017721
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400.687 N03.219.262.500 N05.300.375.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospital Costs- Hospital Costs
- Costs, Hospital
- Hospital Cost
- Cost, Hospital
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hospital Costs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hospital Costs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospital Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Rising hospital costs outpace reimbursement for common vascular procedures. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Aug; 84(2):528-533.
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Early Tracheostomy in Patients with Nontraumatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage is Associated with Lower in-Hospital Complications and Reduced Resource Use Without Increased Mortality. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Jun; 44(3):949-957.
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Early gastrostomy is associated with more efficient healthcare resource utilization in nontraumatic intracerebral hemorrhage patients. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2026 Feb; 35(2):108536.
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Transfer to Hub Hospitals and Outcomes in Cardiogenic Shock. Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Apr; 18(4):e012477.
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Association Between Cardiothoracic Fellows and Clinical and Financial Outcomes in Coronary Surgery. J Surg Res. 2025 02; 306:358-363.
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Lactic acid levels are associated with morbidity, length of stay, and total treatment costs in urban trauma patients with lower extremity long bone fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2024 May; 34(4):1963-1970.
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Current Medicare reimbursement for complex endovascular aortic repair is inadequate based on results from a multi-institutional cost analysis. J Vasc Surg. 2024 01; 79(1):3-10.
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Severe Increase in Nursing Labor Cost and Effect on Surgical Department Financial Margins at an Academic, Tertiary Medical Center. J Am Coll Surg. 2023 04 01; 236(4):816-822.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Advanced Neuroimaging for Transient and Minor Neurological Events in the Emergency Department. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 06 15; 10(12):e019001.
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Changes in Hospital Income, Use, and Quality Associated With Private Equity Acquisition. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 11 01; 180(11):1428-1435.