Recalibrating Productivity Benchmarks

This Viewpoint explores several options to deal with the newly introduced efficiency adjustment, whereby all non–time-based Current Procedural Terminology codes had their work relative value units reduced by 2.5%.

Authors

Don J. Selzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-3081)
Christopher P. Childers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6489-8222)

Institutions

University of Washington (US)
Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)

Publication Details

Journal: JAMA Surgery
Published: 2026-04-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2026.0889
Primary Topic: Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
Type: article
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article

Recalibrating Productivity Benchmarks

Don J. Selzer, Christopher P. Childers

Apr 15, 2026

JAMA Surgery

Efficiency Analysis Using DEA

article

Recalibrating Productivity Benchmarks

Don J. Selzer, Christopher P. Childers

April 15, 2026article en

Abstract

JAMA Surgery

University of Washington (US), Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US), Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)

Decent work and economic growth

Openalex Percentile: Top 20%

Efficiency Analysis Using DEA

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