"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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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relative Value Scales" by people in Profiles.
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Estimated Financial Impact of 2021 Office-Visit Work Relative Unit Updates on Surgical Global Periods. JAMA Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 159(9):1087-1089.
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Correlation between Relative Value Units and Operative Time for Flap-Based Reconstruction Procedures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 02 01; 151(2):299e-307e.
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Medical Directors in Plastic Surgery: How Do We Quantify Their Efforts? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Jan 01; 149(1):173e-174e.
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Maximizing the effectiveness of scribes in surgical practices. Am J Surg. 2022 01; 223(1):208-210.
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Reoperative Cervical Endocrine Surgery: Appropriate Valuation for the Time and Effort? J Surg Res. 2021 07; 263:155-159.
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Pediatric Application of Coding and Valuation Systems. Pediatrics. 2019 10; 144(4).
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Pediatric Application of Coding and Valuation Systems. Pediatrics. 2019 10; 144(4).
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An Academic Relative Value Unit System for Incentivizing the Academic Productivity of Surgery Faculty Members. Ann Surg. 2018 09; 268(3):526-533.
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The effects of tenure and promotion on surgeon productivity. J Surg Res. 2018 07; 227:67-71.
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Rapid analysis of hyperbaric oxygen therapy registry data for reimbursement purposes: Technical communication. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2016 Sept-Oct; 43(6):633-639.