capitation
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- noun
- /ˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
sistema de capitación
- The government then pays a capitation fee to that group practice, according to the number of patients it attracts.
- capitation arrangements
- capitation payments
- physicians under capitation
I know that capitation is a bad word for reasons that I think had nothing to do with the the real essence of that way of funding.
- I know that capitation is a bad word for reasons that I think had nothing to do with the the real essence of that way of funding.
Examples
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Capitation (periodic payment of fixed, per-person fees to providers) is critical to the operation of an IHDS.
Academic text (1995) -
Under capitation, a physician is paid a fixed amount monthly per patient in advance of services being provided.
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Under capitation, a physician is paid a fixed amount monthly per patient in advance of services being provided.
Academic text (2000) -
This can be a significant saving for practices that have capitation arrangements.
Academic text (2001) -
Capitation offers physicians some distinct advantages by providing a steady income stream, paid in advance of services being provided.
Academic text (2000) -
In a risk-based environment, such as capitation, payment incentives favor innovations that reduce the cost of care, either by delivering the same level of care using fewer resources or by delivering more preventive care upstream to reduce costly acute episodes downstream.
Academic text (2017) -
Many health care providers favor capitation because it offers predictable revenue regardless of the actual services rendered.
Synonyms
A system that pays doctors a fixed amount per patient for a set time even if they need more care
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A system that pays doctors a fixed amount per patient for a set time even if they need more care
Surface Forms
Morphology
capitation = capit + ation
This is a learned Latin-based formation from capit- plus -ation, but the specialized payment-system meaning is not directly recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Capitation comes from the Latin caput meaning 'head', so it means a payment 'per head'. In healthcare, capitation is a system where a doctor or clinic gets a fixed amount of money for each patient, no matter how many services that patient uses. You can also see the same root in the words captain and capital, which helps make the idea of 'per head' easy to remember.