hospital charges

Preferred Label : hospital charges;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : hospital charge; charges, hospital; charge, hospital;

MeSH annotation : prices for services: do not confuse with HOSPITAL COSTS, expenses incurred by hosp in providing services; DF: HOSP CHARGES; prices for services: do not confuse with HOSPITAL COSTS, expenses incurred by hosp in providing services;

Details

Origin ID

D017722;

UMLS CUI

C0206175;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Ne pas confondre avec
- hospital costs [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- hospital charges [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Quantitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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