A national study of resource-based relative value scales for physician services
Subtitle: final report
By: by William C. Hsiao [and 11 others] ; Federal Project Officer: Jack Langenbrunner
Contributors: Harvard School of Public Health. Department of Health Policy and Management; Harvard University. Department of Psychology and Social Relations; United States. Health Care Financing Administration
Publisher: Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health; Department of Psychology, Harvard University
Published: 1988
Language: eng
Subjects: Tables; Relative Value Scales; Physicians; Medical fees; Medical Fees; Salaries
Notes: "This report is part of a federal study performed for the Health Care Financing Administration"--V. 1, [2nd] prelim. p.

"HCFA contract no. 17-C-98795/1-03."

"September 27, 1988."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Executive summary; title: v. 2. Background ; Research design and study organization ; Pilot analysis : service and procedure work ; National survey : service and procedure work; title: v. 3. Cross-specialty analysis ; Pre- and post-service time and work ; Extrapolation ; Relative cost differences among physicians' specialty practice ; Measurement of the amortized costs of specialty training ; The National Consultative Conference; title: v. 4. Results and conclusions of the Resource-based relative value study ; Listing of final resource-based relative values for surveyed procedures ; Reference list; title: v. 5. Appendixes A through H; title: v. 6. Appendixes I and J; title: v. 7. Appendixes K through Q; title: v. 8. Data file documentation.