#17454 - 02/13/01 10:55 AM
Re: An erstwhile post-er
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veteran
Registered: 11/22/00
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Capitation
I hate to insert a serious (or at least non-risible) note into this entertaining exchange, but I can tell you that capitation is a word used in the medical insurance (and by extension, medical, since they are now firmly joined at the hip) field. It derives from capita as in per capita and denotes a count of patients, or subjects of a study or statistical group. Capitation is almost everything in the managed care field, as it determines funding from govt. and other agencies, reimbursements from insurers, charges by medical service providers, etc. (This courtesy of my wife who works in that field, specifically in the arcane field known as UR/QA - Utilization Review / Quality Assurance)
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#17455 - 02/13/01 11:22 AM
If the Cap fits
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 08/23/00
Posts: 2204
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capitation is a word used in the medical insurance
Yes, and in education, too. The Brit Government pays this University - and all the others, of course - a capitation fee for every student who we enrol from within the EU.
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#17456 - 02/13/01 11:39 AM
Re: If the Cap fits
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
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>I can tell you that capitation is a word used in the medical insurance (and by extension, medical, since they are now firmly joined at the hip) field
In the UK, Health Insurance is not synonymous with healthcare (only a small percentage of people are insured) but the word capitation is used in health, as in education, to pay general practitioners (primary healthcare doctors) based on the number of patients on their roll.
Incidentally, this is how much the NHS thinks we're worth, per year:
Capitation Fees (March 1999 figures):
Patient under 65 years of age: £17.65;Patient between 65 and 75: £23.25; Patient over 75: £45.05
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#17458 - 02/13/01 04:01 PM
Re: Positive Thinking
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/22/00
Posts: 1981
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>even if you're not appreciated, you're appreciating
to link to another thread, well anything is better than depreciating!
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#17461 - 02/14/01 08:55 AM
Re: deduction
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Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 01/18/01
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Even if Rapunzel should become deduckted, I hope she will not be dis-tressed.
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