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

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Hospital Costs  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cost, Hospital
  • Costs, Hospital
  • Hospital Cost

Note

  • expenses incurred by hosp in providing services: do not confuse with HOSPITAL CHARGES, prices for services

Scope note

  • 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).

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