ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2020
The Perception and Impact of Relative Value Units (RVUs) and Quality-of-Care Compensation in Neurosurgery: A Literature Review.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Grief in Neurosurgery: Reframing Loss and Identity Through Lived Experience.Neurosurgery practice · 2026Review
- Boundaries, Balance, and the Courage to Say No.Pediatric neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Beyond the relative value unit: Rethinking value in neurosurgical practice.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Reasonable Cost for Procedures: An Anonymous Survey of Healthcare Providers.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2025Article
- Comparison of Value per Operative Time between Primary and Revision Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis.Asian spine journal · 2023Article
- Facility Volume Thresholds for Optimization of Short- and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy for Primary Liver Tumors.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2023Article
- Development of a local model for measuring the work of surgeons.Turkish journal of surgery · 2021Article
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Abstract
The debate surrounding the integration of value in healthcare delivery and reimbursement reform has centered around integrating quality metrics into the current fee-for-service relative value units (RVU) payment model. Although a great amount of literature has been published on the creation and utilization of the RVU, there remains a dearth of information on how clinicians from various specialties view RVU and the quality-of-care metric in the compensation formula. The aim of this review is to analyze and consolidate existing theories on the RVU payment model in neurosurgery. Google and PubMed were searched for English-language literature describing opinions on the RVU in neurosurgery. Commentary was noted to be primary opinions if it was mentioned at least twice in the eight articles included in this review. Overall, seven primary opinions on the RVU were identified across the analyzed articles. Integration of quality into the RVU is viewed favorably by neurosurgeons with a few caveats and opportunities for further improvement.
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