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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
The authors compared the actual time required by radiologists to perform and/or interpret common diagnostic radiologic examinations with the times the same radiologists perceived were necessary (as determined with a survey) to perform and/or interpret those same examinations. Average measured times ranged from 1.7 minutes for radiologic examinations of extremities to 113.2 minutes for interventional procedures. Average survey times ranged from 3.2 minutes for examinations of extremities to 84.4 minutes for cerebral angiography. The mean difference between measured and survey times for all examinations was 48.6%. Relative value scales were developed based on measured and survey times, with the upper gastrointestinal examination assigned the base unit of 100. The difference between the measured-time and survey-time relative value scales was 98% on average for the 16 examinations compared. The study suggests that there is a need for actual measurement of at least the time component of physician work if resource-based relative value scales are to be used as the basis for physician compensation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
174
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
557-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of measured and perceived time values for radiologists' work: impact on relative value scales.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study