Relative Value Scales

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.

Year introduced: 1990

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Tree Number(s): N03.219.521.710.305.500, N04.452.313.500

MeSH Unique ID: D015895

Entry Terms:

• Relative Value Scale
• Scale, Relative Value
• Scales, Relative Value
• Relative-Value Schedules
• Relative-Value Schedule
• Relative Value Schedules
• Schedule, Relative-Value
• Schedules, Relative-Value
• Resource Based Relative Value Scale
• Resource-Based Relative Value Scale

Previous Indexing:

• Fee Schedules (1988-1989)
• Fees, Medical (1986-1989)
• Health Services Research (1987-1989)
• Reimbursement Mechanisms (1986-1989)

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Economics
Financing, Organized
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Reimbursement Mechanisms
Relative Value Scales

All MeSH Categories
Health Care Category
Health Services Administration
Organization and Administration
Fee Schedules
Relative Value Scales