Macknin and colleagues followed 125 babies ages 3 to 6 months for eight months. During the period, parents kept a daily log that included their child's temperatures, tooth eruptions, and a checklist of 18 symptoms. All illnesses, medications, and immunizations were also recorded.
relative value unit (RVU) a comparable service measure used by hospitals to permit comparison of the amounts of resources required to perform various services within a single department or between departments.
3) The Work RVU is intended to represent the time required to perform the procedure as well as the associated skill, professional judgment, mental judgment and related complexities of the procedure.