RBRVS costing: The inaccurate wolf in expensive sheep's clothing

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 6-18

  Cooper, Robin ^a   Kramer, Theresa R ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Component RBRVS costing; Equal profit margin assumption; Percent revenue costing; RBRVS costing; Revenue value units (RVUs); Total RBRVS costing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; PROFIT; REVIEW;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; RELATIVE VALUE SCALES;

EID: 40649097081     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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