Cost Allocation

"Cost Allocation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The assignment, to each of several particular cost-centers, of an equitable proportion of the costs of activities that serve all of them. Cost-center usually refers to institutional departments or services.

Descriptor ID

D003361

MeSH Number(s)

N03.219.151.080

Concept/Terms

Cost Allocation

Cost Shifting

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cost Allocation".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Economics and Organizations [N03]
Economics [N03.219]
Costs and Cost Analysis [N03.219.151]
Cost Allocation [N03.219.151.080]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cost Allocation" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Cost Allocation" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 1996

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	3	3
1995	0	2	2
1996	0	5	5
1997	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	1	2
2003	0	2	2
2005	0	1	1
2006	0	2	2
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	0	1	1
2013	3	0	3
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	0	1	1
2019	0	1	1
2021	0	1	1

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