| 单词 | capitation system |
| 释义 | > as lemmascapitation system b. More fully capitation system. A system under which a doctor or medical group receives a fixed payment (usually monthly) for each patient enrolled in a health plan. Also: a similar system under which a school receives a fixed payment for each enrolled pupil. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [phrase] > specific payment per head bob a nob1823 headage1847 capitation system1916 1916 I. M. Rubinow in Trans. of Section on Preventive & Industr. Med. & Public Health (Amer. Med. Association) 137 A capitation system of payment, so much per head per annum, has in it inherent tendencies for slipshod careless medical work. 1949 A. D. G. Blanc Money, Med. & Masses xiii. 110 The undesirable feature of a capitation system is the competition for patients between doctor and doctor. 1966 T. P. Coogan Ireland since Rising x. 218 The capitation system makes it desirable, from a business point of view, to site schools in or near centres of population. 1979 Bookseller 23 June 2802/2 Local [education] authorities have in the past not shown much inclination to defend capitation. 1998 J. W. Saxton & T. L. Leaman Managed Care Success x. 256 With capitation, the gatekeeper in a traditional HMO..does have financial incentives to use resources carefully, albeit appropriately. < as lemmas |
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