"Relative Value Scales" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Coded listings of physician or other professional services using units that indicate the relative value of the various services they perform. They take into account time, skill, and overhead cost required for each service, but generally do not consider the relative cost-effectiveness. Appropriate conversion factors can be used to translate the abstract units of the relative value scales into dollar fees for each service based on work expended, practice costs, and training costs.
| Descriptor ID |
D015895
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.710.305.500 N04.452.313.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Relative Value Scales- Relative Value Scales
- Relative Value Scale
- Scale, Relative Value
- Scales, Relative Value
- Relative-Value Schedules
- Relative Value Schedules
- Relative-Value Schedule
- Schedule, Relative-Value
- Schedules, Relative-Value
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relative Value Scales" by people in Profiles.
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Naringrekar HV, Dave J, Akyol Y, Deshmukh SP, Roth CG. Comparing the productivity of teaching and non-teaching workflow models in an academic abdominal imaging division. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 06; 46(6):2908-2912.
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Fang Z, Judelson D, Simons J, Steppacher R, Arous E, Sideman M, Schanzer A, Aiello FA. Vascular Surgeons Are Not Adequately Valued by Traditional Productivity Metrics. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 May; 73:446-453.
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Krueger CA, Austin MS, Levicoff EA, Saxena A, Nazarian DG, Courtney PM. Substantial Preoperative Work Is Unaccounted for in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2020 09; 35(9):2318-2322.
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Weitz HH. Sir William Osler: Would He Have Made His Relative Value Units (RVUs)? Ann Intern Med. 2019 08 06; 171(3):208-209.
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Wasterlain AS, Courtney PM, Yayac MF, Nazarian DG, Austin MS. Quantifying the Perioperative Work Associated With Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: The Burden Has Increased With Contemporary Care Pathways. J Arthroplasty. 2019 Nov; 34(11):2528-2531.
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Kheir M, Rondon AJ, Bonaddio V, Tan TL, Wang C, Purtill JJ, Courtney PM. Perioperative Telephone Encounters Should Be Included in the Relative Value Scale Update Committee Review of Time Spent on Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2019 Aug; 34(8):1563-1569.
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Madni TD, Imran JB, Clark AT, Arnoldo BA, Phelan HA, Wolf SE. Analysis of Operating Room Efficiency in a Burn Center. J Burn Care Res. 2018 01 01; 39(1):89-93.
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Carter KA, Dawson BC, Brewer K, Lawson L. RVU ready? Preparing emergency medicine resident physicians in documentation for an incentive-based work environment. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 May; 16(5):423-8.
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Ward WT, Rihn JA. The impact of trauma in an urban pediatric orthopaedic practice. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Dec; 88(12):2759-64.
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Little DC, St Peter SD, Calkins CM, Shah SR, Murphy JP, Gatti JM, Gittes GK, Sharp RJ, Andrews WS, Holcomb GW, Ostlie DJ, Snyder CL. Relative value units correlate with pediatric surgeons' operating time: when perceived myth becomes reality. J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Jan; 41(1):234-8; discussion 234-8.