capitation vs headcount

capitation

noun
  • Performing a headcount; the counting of people. 

  • A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee. 

  • A poll tax. 

  • A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission. 

headcount

noun
  • The act of counting how many people are present in a group. 

  • More generally, a consideration of a company's appropriate staffing level based on some larger context. (Generally used adjectivally.) 

  • The number of people present in a group or employed by a company. 

  • By extension, one slot in a workgroup, filled or to be filled by one person. 

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