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Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Costs and Cost Analysis > Health Care Costs
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Economics > Costs and Cost Analysis > Health Care Costs
Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Patient Care Management > Delivery of Health Care > Health Care Costs
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation > Delivery of Health Care > Health Care Costs

Preferred term

Health Care Costs  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cost, Health
  • Cost, Healthcare
  • Costs, Health
  • Costs, Healthcare
  • Healthcare Cost
  • Healthcare Costs
  • Health Cost
  • Health Costs

Note

  • actual cost of providing care: do not confuse with HEALTH EXPENDITURES (the amount paid for the service) or with FEES AND CHARGES (the amount charged regardless of cost); do not confuse with COST OF ILLNESS which is a personal cost (psychol, social, etc.) as well as a monetary cost for services

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 92

In other languages

  • hoitokulut

    Finnish

  • hoidon kulut
  • hoidon kustannukset
  • hoitokustannukset
  • terveydenhoidon kustannukset
  • terveydenhoidon menot
  • terveydenhoitokustannukset
  • terveydenhoitomenot
  • terveydenhuollon kustannukset
  • terveydenhuollon menot
  • terveydenhuoltokustannukset
  • terveydenhuoltomenot
  • terveysmenot
  • Hälso- och sjukvårdskostnader

    Swedish

  • Behandlingskostnader
  • Kostnader för hälso- och sjukvård
  • Kostnader för sjukvård
  • Sjukvårdskostnader

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017048

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