"Fee-for-Service Plans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Method of charging whereby a physician or other practitioner bills for each encounter or service rendered. In addition to physicians, other health care professionals are reimbursed via this mechanism. Fee-for-service plans contrast with salary, per capita, and prepayment systems, where the payment does not change with the number of services actually used or if none are used. (From Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D018588
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.442.195 N03.219.521.710.305.090 N04.452.758.745.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Fee-for-Service Plans- Fee-for-Service Plans
- Fee for Service Plans
- Fee-for-Service Plan
- Plan, Fee-for-Service
- Plans, Fee-for-Service
- Fees for Service
- Fees for Services
- Service, Fees for
- Services, Fees for
- Fee for Service
- Fee for Services
- Service, Fee for
- Services, Fee for
Reimbursement, Fee-for-Service- Reimbursement, Fee-for-Service
- Fee-for-Service Reimbursement
- Fee-for-Service Reimbursements
- Reimbursement, Fee for Service
- Reimbursements, Fee-for-Service
Fee-for-Service, Medical- Fee-for-Service, Medical
- Fee for Service, Medical
- Fee-for-Services, Medical
- Medical Fee-for-Service
- Medical Fee-for-Services
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fee-for-Service Plans" by people in Profiles.
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Health Care Utilization and Cost Outcomes of a Comprehensive Dementia Care Program for Medicare Beneficiaries. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 02 01; 179(2):161-166.
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Intrapartum obstetric care in the United States military: Comparison of military and civilian care systems within TRICARE. Birth. 2017 12; 44(4):337-344.
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State Medicaid Programs Bring Managed Care Tenets to Fee for Service. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2016 Feb; 22(2):145-8.
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Use of erythropoietin in cancer patients: assessment of oncologists' practice patterns in the United States and other countries. Am J Med. 2004 Jan 01; 116(1):28-34.
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Do HMOs affect educational disparities in health care? Ann Fam Med. 2003 Jul-Aug; 1(2):90-6.