Fee-for-ServiceFFS, Per-Service Payment
Fee-for-service is a provider-payment method in which each eligible health-care service generates a separate payment according to an applicable fee or contract.
Health Financing & Insurance
Terms for how health systems raise and pool funds, insure populations and pay providers.
- Topic: Health Financing & Insurance
- 39 terms
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Financial ProtectionFinancial Risk Protection, Cost Burden Shielding
The degree to which a financing system shields individuals from healthcare cost burden, covering both service breadth and protection depth.
Fiscal SpaceBudgetary Headroom, Fiscal Headroom
The budgetary room available to a government to increase spending on a priority, such as healthcare, without jeopardising overall fiscal stability.