Health Care

Drug Costs

The amount that a health care institution or organization pays for its drugs. It is one component of the final price that is charged to the consumer (FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL or PRESCRIPTION FEES).

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Abstract

The amount that a health care institution or organization pays for its drugs. It is one component of the final price that is charged to the consumer (FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL or PRESCRIPTION FEES).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Cost, Drug
  • Costs, Drug
  • Drug Cost

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

costs to a health care facility or organiz: do not confuse with FEES, PHARMACEUTICAL or PRESCRIPTION FEES which are costs to the patient

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Cost Control (1979-1991)
  • Costs and Cost Analysis (1966-1991)
  • Fees, Pharmaceutical (1968-1977)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N03w.219w.151.400.350
  2. N05.300w.375.300

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NLM Classification

QV 736

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Costs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016527. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016527
  2. Drug Costs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70436982