 Drug Costs
"Drug Costs" 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.
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).
| Descriptor ID |
D016527
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.151.400.350 N05.300.375.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Costs- Drug Costs
- Cost, Drug
- Costs, Drug
- Drug Cost
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Drug Costs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Drug Costs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2025 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Costs" by people in Profiles.
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Zheutlin AR, Chaitoff A, Addo D, Jacobs JA, Derington CG, Stulberg EL, Glynn PA, Modenesi B, Cohen JB, Bress AP. Out-of-Pocket Costs and Antihypertensive Medication Use Among Veterans: A Natural Experiment. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 21; 15(8):e047792.
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Socal MP, Kandula NR, Bareamichael PI, Ballreich J, Odouard I, Kang SY, Acha JO, Anderson KE, DiStefano M, Gerchman F, Levy JF. Improving Affordability of Pharmaceutical Treatments for Diabetes: A Call for Action. Diabetes Care. 2026 Jan 01; 49(1):30-43.
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Keime N, Titus O, Ziogaite M, Hugh J, Schilling LM, Dellavalle R, Billups SJ. Primary care physicians prescribe fewer expensive combination medications than dermatologists for acne: A retrospective review. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2025 Dec; 31(12):1237-1243.
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Padula WV, McQueen RB. Should Early-Stage NIH Funding Influence Pharmaceutical Drug Pricing? Value Health. 2026 02; 29(2):242-246.
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DiStefano MJ, McQueen RB, Zheng H, Gyamfi HG, Ameyaw D, Campbell JD, Zemplenyi A. Opportunities for CMS to Further Specify and Broaden Its Approach to Assessing Unmet Medical Need in the Context of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2026 03; 24(2):261-269.
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Zemplenyi AT, Chen NC, Anderson KE, Adamson B, DiStefano MJ, Nair KV, McQueen RB. Key Considerations for Assessing Real-World Comparative Effectiveness in the Context of the Drug Price Negotiation Program: A Case Study of Pembrolizumab. Pharmacoeconomics. 2025 Sep; 43(9):1147-1160.
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Herzel B, Batavia N, Gavaza P, Phan T, Samones E, Ruha AM, Furmaga J, Hoyte C, Wolk BJ. The Cost of Antivenom: A Cost Minimization Study using the North American Snakebite Registry. J Med Toxicol. 2025 Jul; 21(3):320-326.
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Staton E, Sohn H. Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Managing Prescription Drug Costs Among Older Adults in Medicare. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Apr; 13(2):1250-1262.
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Lowe EF, Gerasta D, Balser M, Page RL, Tsai E, Biermann HD, Mitchell A, Chan D, Matlock DD, Dickert NW, Sloan CE, Allen LA. Contributors and Solutions to High Out-of-Pocket Costs for Heart Failure Medications: A State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Feb 04; 85(4):365-377.
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Bradley CJ, Liang R, Lindrooth RC, Sabik LM, Perraillon MC. High-Cost Cancer Drug Use in Medicare Advantage and Traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Jan 03; 6(1):e244868.
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