capitation

Meanings

1. Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
2. A head tax.
3. A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed (and capped) periodic payment for each enrollee (i.e., per capita).
4. A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”).