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Table 1 Description of measured clinical services and how they are measured amongst the 63 departments assessing clinical productivity (more than one option applies)

From: Assessment of faculty productivity in academic departments of medicine in the United States: a national survey

What is measured

How it is monetarily compensated

Billable services (e.g. patient encounters)

60/63(95%)

Compensated using fixed percentage of billable services

9/60 (15%)

Compensated using Incremental amount after meeting a minimum

29/60 (48%)

Other mode of compensation

15/60 (25%)

Contractual services (e.g. covering a clinical service)

44/63(70%)

Compensated using fixed percentage of related revenue

14/44 (32%)

Compensated using incremental amount after meeting a minimum standard

6/44 (14%)

Other modes of compensation

18/44 (41%)

Performance improvement

30/63(48%)

Clinical quality (e.g., HbA1c)

19/30 (63%)

Utilization (e.g., length of stay)

13/30 (43%)

  

Patient satisfaction

18/30 (60%)