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... > Health Care Economics and Organizations > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Insurance, Health, Reimbursement > Reimbursement Mechanisms > Relative Value Scales
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Economics > Financing, Organized > Insurance > Insurance, Health > Insurance, Health, Reimbursement > Reimbursement Mechanisms > Relative Value Scales
Health Occupations > Health Services Administration > Organization and Administration > Fee Schedules > Relative Value Scales

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Relative Value Scales  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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  • Relative-Value Schedules

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