capitation fee meaning

  "capitation fee" in a sentence
noun
  A payment made to a general practitioner for each patient on his or her list

[Medicine]
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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  1. None of the educational institutions under the Trust Board collects capitation fees.
  2. The society does not accept any donation or capitation fee against admissions.
  3. Pasupathy becomes rich and powerful by giving admissions by getting capitation fees.
  4. Ample evidence to the collection of capitation fee exist.
  5. Some institutions add the capitation fee along with the fee approved by regulatory norms.

Related Words

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