Health Care Costs
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenya.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The projected impact and cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination are important for supporting rotavirus vaccine introduction in Africa, where limited health intervention funds are available. METHODS: Hospital records, health ... Read more...

Costs of diarrheal disease and the cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kyrgyzstan.

30 Oct 2009 INTRODUCTION: We examined the cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus immunization program in Kyrgyzstan, a country eligible for vaccine funding from the GAVI Alliance. METHODS: We estimated the burden of rotavirus disease and its economic consequences by ... Read more...

Three-year cost analysis of function-centred versus pain-centred inpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To compare costs of function- and pain-centred inpatient treatment in patients with chronic low back pain over 3 years of follow-up. DESIGN: Cost analysis of a randomized controlled trial. PATIENTS: A total of 174 patients with chronic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Care Costs'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Rotavirus disease burden and impact and cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kenya. 30 Oct 2009
• Costs of diarrheal disease and the cost-effectiveness of a rotavirus vaccination program in kyrgyzstan. 30 Oct 2009
• Three-year cost analysis of function-centred versus pain-centred inpatient rehabilitation in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain. 30 Oct 2009
• The 300-year-old health care solution. 24 Oct 2009
• [Obesity related health care costs assessed from BMI or waist circumference--secondary publication] 17 Oct 2009
• [Walk-in spirometry pilot project for discovering of early chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] 17 Oct 2009
• Antibiotic resistance: who will pay the bills? 13 Oct 2009
• Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. 13 Oct 2009
• Health care reform in perspective. 13 Oct 2009
• ASCO Rx for high drug costs: doctors and patients need to talk. 12 Oct 2009
• Surgical tourism: some US patients travel abroad for less costly surgery. 12 Oct 2009
• Will the cost curve bend, even without reform? 6 Oct 2009
• Congratulations to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons for standing on principle. 29 Sep 2009
• Conflict and costs when reforming nursing: the introduction of Nightingale nursing in Australia and Canada. 29 Sep 2009
• Oral prednisolone is more cost-effective than oral indomethacin for treating patients with acute gout-like arthritis. 29 Sep 2009
• The cost of care for people with impaired vision in Australia. 29 Sep 2009
• Physical health correlates of pathological and healthy dependency in urban women. 29 Sep 2009
• Clinical review of factors leading to perioperative dissatisfaction related to orthognathic surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Cutting costs in a clinical setting. 29 Sep 2009
• Economic aspects of regional anaesthesia. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Care Costs'

Definition: 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 UI: D017048

Alternative terms: Health Care Costs; Cost, Health Care; Costs, Health Care; Health Care Cost; Healthcare Costs; Cost, Healthcare; Costs, Healthcare; Healthcare Cost; Health Costs; Cost, Health; Costs, Health; Health Cost; Medical Care Costs; Costs, Medical Care; Cost, Medical Care; Medical Care Cost; Treatment Costs; Cost, Treatment; Costs, Treatment; Treatment Cost;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Expenditures;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.151.400; N05.300.375;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: 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