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... > social science subjects > health and social care > health care quality, access, and evaluation > health services research > cost of care, economics, finance, and payment mechanisms > resource-based relative value scale

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resource-based relative value scale  

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  • The resource-based relative value scale (RBRVS) measures the time, training, and skill required to perform a given medical service. The RBRVS, devised for medicare by researchers from Harvard University in 1986, is the basis for the program's physician fee schedule. [Source: Health Care Policy and Politics A to Z; Resource-Based Relative Value Scale]

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