Using relative value units to measure faculty clinical productivity

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 715-717

  Albritton, T Andrew ^a   Miller, Max D ^a   Johnson, Maribeth H ^a   Rann, Daniel W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty productivity; Relative value units; Resident training; Student education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REIMBURSEMENT; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHER;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES; TEACHING;

EID: 0030707542     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07146.x     Document Type: Article

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