capitated

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capitated

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participle, past simple past and past participle of capitate

adjective

not comparable Of or related to a capitation payment system for health care providers. Capitation started out as a popular method for reimbursing primary care physicians/gatekeepers. Now capitated contracts can be seen in every area of healthcare... ... because of varying volumes, not all specialty care providers should be capitated at the same time. For example, higher volume service

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@misc{capitated_2026,
  title = {capitated},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capitated},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}