"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 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relative Value Scales" by people in Profiles.
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Basic Primer for Finances in Academic Adult?and Pediatric Pulmonary Divisions. Chest. 2020 02; 157(2):363-368.
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Metrix Matrix: A Cloud-Based System for?Tracking Non-Relative Value Unit Value-Added Work Metrics. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 03; 15(3 Pt A):415-421.
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Surgical work output: is there room for increase? An analysis of surgical work effort from 1999 to 2003. J Surg Res. 2008 May 01; 146(1):90-5.
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Applying the resource-based relative value scale to the Emory angioplasty versus surgery trial. Am J Cardiol. 2000 Mar 15; 85(6):685-91.
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Cost and therapeutic modification of intracoronary ultrasound-assisted coronary angioplasty. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jun 15; 77(15):1278-82.
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Using physician work relative value units to profile surgical packages: methods and results for kidney transplant surgery. Best Pract Benchmarking Healthc. 1996 May-Jun; 1(3):140-6.