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Health Care Costs

Known as: Healthcare Cost, Health Costs, Costs, Healthcare 
The actual costs of providing services related to the delivery of health care, including the costs of procedures, therapies, and medications. It is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Case management (procedure)Cost ControlDelivery of Health CareDiagnosis-Related Groups

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Fees, MedicalMedical Care CostsPrescription FeesTreatment Costs

Broader (3)

cost (economic)health care economicshealth care financing

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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
A comparison of diabetes medication adherence and healthcare costs in patients using mail order pharmacy and retail pharmacy
Objective: To compare long-term diabetes medication adherence and healthcare costs in patients using mail order pharmacy versus… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Impact of the Highmark Employee Wellness Programs on 4-Year Healthcare Costs
Objective: To determine the return on investment (ROI) of Highmark Inc.’s employee wellness programs. Methods: Growth curve… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Determinants of functional outcome and healthcare costs in bipolar disorder: a high-intensity follow-up study.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Health care utilization and costs among patients treated for bipolar disorder in an insured population.
OBJECTIVE The study examined health care utilization and costs among patients treated for bipolar-spectrum disorders in an… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Specialty distribution of U.S. physicians--the invisible driver of health care costs.
Never before have so many Americans been so aware of our health care system's two most glaring defects -- its inability to… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Fee controls as cost control: tales from the frozen North.
Uniform and binding fee schedules for physicians have been advanced as a cost-control strategy that can also improve patient… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Prospective study of the effect of safety belts on morbidity and health care costs in motor-vehicle accidents.
To assess the impact of safety belt use on the extent of injuries sustained in motor-vehicle accidents and the incurred health… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Impact of alcoholism treatment on total health care costs: a six-year study.
This is a six-year longitudinal study to determine if the treatment of alcoholism as a primary diagnosis results in a reduction… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Hospice Home Care Cost Savings to Third-Party Insurers
A population-based, retrospective analysis of Medicare Part A and Blue Cross hospital insurance claims data was used to determine… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Can we control health care costs?
The health care system will never go bankrupt, the author of this article asserts. But the expense of maintaining it is putting… 
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