title: Breakeven under capitation: pure and simple?
abstract: This article addresses the issue of breakeven analysis as applied to managed care under capitation. The traditional two-dimensional breakeven analysis is expanded into three dimensions: cost, enrollment, and utilization. This issue is examined and then visualized through the use of three-dimensional graphics.
authors.affiliation: Health Services Management, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, USA.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Boles
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D002204:Capitation Fee; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005376:Financial Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D018803:Models, Economic; D017061:Prepaid Health Plans / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States