"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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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 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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Levin DC, Rao VM, Parker L, Frangos AJ, Sunshine JH. Recent trends in utilization of cardiovascular imaging: how important are they for radiology? J Am Coll Radiol. 2005 Sep; 2(9):736-9.
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Eschelman DJ, Sullivan KL, Parker L, Levin DC. The relationship of clinical and academic productivity in a university hospital radiology department. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2000 Jan; 174(1):27-31.
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Gorstein F. Pathologists' input to Harvard resource-based relative value scale survey: a major determinant in the accuracy of a Medicare physician fee schedule. Hum Pathol. 1990 Mar; 21(3):243-4.