Capitation: implications for provider cost structures.
Healthcare operating managers understand that capitation has inverted the financial incentives that existed in the fee-for-service environment. However, cost-structure implications of the managed care environment also must be understood if organizations are to prosper as markets evolve into capitation.
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Mount Vernon Hospital, Alexandria, VA, USA.
D002204:Capitation Fee; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D018588:Fee-for-Service Plans; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States