Health Care

Prospective Payment System

A system wherein reimbursement rates are set, for a given period of time, prior to the circumstances giving rise to actual reimbursement claims.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A system wherein reimbursement rates are set, for a given period of time, prior to the circumstances giving rise to actual reimbursement claims.

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Synonyms

21 entry terms
  • Prospective Reimbursement
  • Reimbursement, Prospective
  • Payment System, Prospective
  • Payment Systems, Prospective
  • Prospective Payment Systems
  • Prospective Reimbursements
  • Reimbursements, Prospective
  • System, Prospective Payment
  • Systems, Prospective Payment
  • Adjustment, Discretionary
  • Discretionary Adjustment Factor
  • Prospective Pricing
  • Adjustment Factor, Discretionary
  • Adjustment Factors, Discretionary
  • Adjustments, Discretionary
  • Discretionary Adjustment
  • Discretionary Adjustment Factors
  • Discretionary Adjustments
  • Factor, Discretionary Adjustment
  • Factors, Discretionary Adjustment
  • Pricing, Prospective

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

87(86); was see under REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS 1986; was REIMBURSEMENT, PROSPECTIVE see under REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS 1979-85

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prospective Payment System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011445. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011445
  2. Prospective Payment System. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospective_payment_system
  3. Prospective Payment System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7250835