title: The relative value studies: fixed conversion vs. customary fees.1966.
abstract: Health care legislation, technological advances, increases in biological knowledge, better health and increasing longevity of people, changing patterns of professional activity, and changes in the structure and function of medical institutions are among the factors involved in the changes occurring in the character of the practice of medicine.
authors.affiliation: California Medical Association, San Francisco 94102.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D015895:Relative Value Scales; D014481:United States