Differences in Outpatient Dermatology Encounter Work Relative Value Units and Net Payments by Patient Race, Sex, and Age.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinical productivity measures may be factors in financial incentives for providing care to specific patient populations and thus may perpetuate inequitable health care.

Objective

To identify the association of patient race, age, and sex with work relative value units (wRVUs) generated by outpatient dermatology encounters.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study obtained demographic and billing data for outpatient dermatology encounters (ie, an encounter performed within a department of dermatology) from September 1, 2016, to March 31, 2020, at the Emory Clinic, an academic dermatologic practice in Atlanta, Georgia. Participants included adults aged 18 years or older with available age, race, and sex data in the electronic health record

SUBMITTER: Orenstein LAV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890528 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature