concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: fee-for-service

cost of care, economics, finance, and payment mechanisms
type: Concept
narrower: fee-for-service

fee-for-service
type: Concept
broader: society and health
broader: managed care
broader: cost of care, economics, finance, and payment mechanisms
definition: Fee-for-service is a system under which physicians or other health care providers bill for each service individually as it is provided to a patient. Critics of fee-for-service systems note that they are inherently inflationary, giving providers an incentive to provide more services, because the more services given, the more money the provider can make. [Source: Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z; Fee-for-Service]

managed care
type: Concept
narrower: fee-for-service

society and health
type: Concept
narrower: fee-for-service