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Risk Sharing, Financial

"Risk Sharing, Financial" 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.

Any system which allows payors to share some of the financial risk associated with a particular patient population with providers. Providers agree to adhere to fixed fee schedules in exchange for an increase in their payor base and a chance to benefit from cost containment measures. Common risk-sharing methods are prospective payment schedules (PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM), capitation (CAPITATION FEES), diagnosis-related fees (DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS), and pre-negotiated fees.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Risk Sharing, Financial" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Risk Sharing, Financial" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 35 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 1999
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