capitation fee meaning
noun
A payment made to a general practitioner for each patient on his or her list
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.
Examples
More: Next- None of the educational institutions under the Trust Board collects capitation fees.
- The society does not accept any donation or capitation fee against admissions.
- Pasupathy becomes rich and powerful by giving admissions by getting capitation fees.
- Ample evidence to the collection of capitation fee exist.
- Some institutions add the capitation fee along with the fee approved by regulatory norms.