What provides a better value for your time? the use of relative value units to compare posterior segmental instrumentation of vertebral segments

Relative value units (RVUs) are a compensation model based on the effort required to provide a procedure or service to a patient. Thus, procedures that are more complex and require greater technical skill and aftercare, such as multi-level spine surgery, should provide greater physician compensation. However, there is limited data comparing RVUs to operative time. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare mean: 1) operative times; 2) RVUs; and 3) RVU/minute between posterior segmental instrumentation of 3 to 6, 7 to 12, and ≥13 vertebral segments, and 4) perform annual cost difference analysis.

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