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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Tax
capitationcap‧i‧ta‧tion /ˌkæpɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable]  PETa tax or payment of the same amount from each person
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capitationThe agency pays member plans a set fee, called a capitation, for each patient they sign up.In the case study, the movement to a formula-based capitation system has had a profound managerial effect.As no formula for capitation funding had been developed fundholders were given budgets on a historical basis.The changes will require funding from INSET. capitation and staffing budgets.A monthly capitation fee is paid to profit making companies.Secondly, they retained 25 percent of capitation monies outside the formula system for discretionary allocations.This represented a move away from the department head receiving capitation and simply spending it because it was there.Some districts are gaining monies as a result of the change to capitation funding and others are losing.
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