1. Plural of capitation; a fixed sum of money paid per person, especially as a tax or fee.
Usage: Often used in healthcare and government contexts
2. In healthcare, payments made to providers based on the number of patients enrolled, regardless of services rendered.
Usage: Medical/insurance industry term

Examples

• The government imposed capitations on all adult citizens to fund the new infrastructure project.
• Insurance companies use capitations to control healthcare costs by paying doctors a fixed amount per patient.
• Medieval kingdoms often relied on capitations as a straightforward method of taxation.
• The hospital negotiated capitations with several insurance providers to ensure steady revenue.
• Under the capitations model, physicians receive the same payment whether they see a patient once or ten times.
• The district calculated capitations based on the total enrollment in each school.