Relative Value Units and the Measurement of Physician Performance

被引：54

作者：

Nurok, Michael ^{[1
]}

Gewertz, Bruce ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Cedars Sinai Smidt Heart Inst, Cardiac Surg Intens Care Unit, Div Cardiothorac Surg, 127 San Vicente Blvd,Ste 3100, Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA

[2] Cedars Sinai Med Ctr, Dept Surg, Los Angeles, CA 90048 USA

来源：

JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION | 2019年 / 322卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1001/jama.2019.11163

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

This Viewpoint argues for separation of physician performance measurement from RVU production as a means to refocus physicians away from billing toward patient-centered values that could improve patients' experience, reduce potential harms from the overtreatment that RVUs incentivize, and improve physicians' work life and satisfaction.

引用

页码：1139 / 1140

页数：2

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