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• A flat per patient fee paid to providers no matter how many services they have provided.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Capitation. (n.d.). Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. Retrieved December 1, 2022, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/capitation.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Capitation. www.insurance.ca.gov. Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. California Department of Insurance. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/capitation (accessed: December 1, 2022).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Capitation." Glossary of Health Insurance Terms. California Department of Insurance. 1 December. 2022 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/capitation.

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