Traditionally, medical care in the United States has been provided on a "fee-for-service" basis.

Doctors are mostly in private practice and paid on a fee-for-service basis.

Outpatient care and doctor visits, which cost less than hospitalization, are still paid for on the conventional fee-for-service basis.

Patients would still choose their doctors, who would be paid on a fee-for-service basis.

In addition, the medical staff at the nursing home will care for independent- residents on a fee-for-service basis.

When competition forced other shops to work on a fee-for-service basis, for example, Burnett was still demanding the traditional 15 percent commission.

Research institutes were to compete for contracts from various industries and operate on a fee-for-service basis.

Instead, the children's hospital provides mental health care on a fee-for-service basis.

Oxford said its members would still have primary-care doctors, who are paid on the traditional fee-for-service basis, as their advocates.

Many barefoot doctors went into private practice, operating on a fee-for-service basis and charging for medication.