"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 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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Why bundled payments could drive innovation: an example from interventional oncology. J Oncol Pract. 2015 Mar; 11(2):e199-205.
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Monte Carlo simulation to analyze the cost-benefit of radioactive seed localization versus wire localization for breast-conserving surgery in fee-for-service health care systems compared with accountable care organizations. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2014 Jun; 202(6):1383-8.
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Explaining the increased health care expenditures associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cost-decomposition analysis. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2014; 9:339-48.
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Association between treatment with brachytherapy vs whole-breast irradiation and subsequent mastectomy, complications, and survival among older women with invasive breast cancer. JAMA. 2012 May 02; 307(17):1827-37.
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Cost considerations in the management of cancer in the older patient. Oncology (Williston Park). 2007 Jun; 21(7):851-7; discussion 858, 860, 862 passim.
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Race, quality of care, and outcomes of elderly patients hospitalized with heart failure. JAMA. 2003 May 21; 289(19):2517-24.