4 Oct 2001 17:25 AR AR143-07-LEE.tex AR143-07-LEE.SGM ARv2(2001/05/10) P1: GJC. INFLUENCES ON AVIATION EMISSIONS 187. purchase prices (I) for aircraft have increased, indicating a willingness on the part. of airlines to incur higher capital costs for lower operating costs.
Formally defined, capitation is a flat periodic payment per enrollee to a healthcare provider; it is the sole. reimbursement for providing services to a defined population. The word capitation is derived from the term. per capita, which means per person.
Despite low copayments, capitated patients visit doctors no more often than other patients do. (See Capitation on the rise, Dec. 6, 1999.) This doesn't mean they don't want to visit more. But practices with a lot of prepaid business tend to do more telephone work with patients.