"Capitation Fee" 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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D002204
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.442.090
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| Concept/Terms |
Capitation Fee- Capitation Fee
- Fee, Capitation
- Capitation Fees
- Fees, Capitation
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Capitation Fee" by people in Profiles.
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Informed consent, capitation, and conflicts of interest in clinical trials: views from the field. Surgery. 2006 Nov; 140(5):740-8.
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Evaluation of the managed community care demonstration project. J Aging Health. 2003 Feb; 15(1):246-68.
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Patient protection and risk selection: do primary care physicians encourage their patients to join or avoid capitated health plans according to the patient's health status? J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Jan; 17(1):40-7.
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Physicians' views on capitated payment for medical care: does familiarity foster acceptance? Am J Manag Care. 1997 Oct; 3(10):1497-502.
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The Oregon capitation initiative: lessons and warnings, from the forefront of the backlash. JAMA. 1996 Nov 06; 276(17):1441-4.
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Empiric diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Questions of accuracy and equity. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Nov; 152(5 Pt 1):1433-4.