Outpatient Dermatology Productivity Measures by Patient Race, Sex, and Age.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinical productivity measures may incentivize clinical care to specific patient populations and thus perpetuate inequitable care. Before the 2021 Medicare physician fee schedule changes, outpatient dermatology encounters for patients who were younger, female, and races other than White systematically generated fewer work relative value units (wRVUs).

Objective

To examine the association of patient race, age, and sex with wRVUs generated by outpatient dermatology encounters after 2021.

Design, setting, and participants

This multi-institutional cross-sectional study evaluated demographic and billing data for outpatient dermatology encounters across 3 academic dermatology practices. The study compared wRVUs generated by outpatient general dermatology encounte

SUBMITTER: Orenstein LAV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11923712 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature