| capita | Plural of caput. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| capital cost | The total investment needed to complete a project and bring it to a commercially operable status. The cost of construction of a new plant. The expenditures for the purchase or acquisition of existing facilities. (05 Dec 1998) |
| capital expenditures | Those funds disbursed for facilities and equipment, particularly those related to the delivery of health care. (12 Dec 1998) |
| capital financing | Institutional funding for facilities and for equipment which becomes a part of the assets of the institution. (12 Dec 1998) |
| capital operation | An obsolete term for an operation of such magnitude or involving vital organs to such an extent that it is per se dangerous to life. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capital punishment | The use of the death penalty for certain crimes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| capitate | Enlarged or swollen at tip, gathered into a mass at apex, as compound stigma, a knoblike stigma terminating a style. (09 Oct 1997) |
| capitate bone | Enlarged or swollen at tip, gathered into a mass at apex, as compound stigma, a knoblike stigma terminating a style. (09 Oct 1997) |
| capitation | In U.S. Health services, capitation refers to a fixed per capita amount that is paid to a hospital, clinic or doctor for each person served. (12 Dec 1998) |
| capitation fee | A method of payment for health services in which an individual or institutional provider is paid a fixed, per capita amount without regard to the actual number or nature of services provided to each patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| per capita rate | <epidemiology> A rate which is proportional to the number of individuals in a population. (05 Dec 1998) |
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