Relative Value Units: Using the New "Currency" for Measuring Clinical Productivity in a Productivity/Incentive Plan

Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-201

  Seime, Richard J ^a   Manley, Charles R ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic health centers; Health care administration; Productivity; Program development; Resource based relative value scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342560002     PISSN: 10689583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026244227186     Document Type: Article

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