Health Care

Capitation Fee

A method of payment for health services in which an individual or institutional provider is paid a fixed, per capita amount without regard to the actual number or nature of services provided to each patient.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A method of payment for health services in which an individual or institutional provider is paid a fixed, per capita amount without regard to the actual number or nature of services provided to each patient.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Fee, Capitation
  • Capitation Fees
  • Fees, Capitation

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

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

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Indexing Annotation

"capitation" refers to "a fixed per capita amt without regard to no. or nature of serv provided"

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History Note

91(Aug 77); was see under FEES AND CHARGES 1977-90

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  1. N03w.219w.442.090w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Capitation Fee. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002204. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002204
  2. Capitation Fee. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitation_fee
  3. Capitation Fee. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5035819