Table 6. Productivity Measures: Anesthesia Services Valued and Devalued

Each of these measures values and devalues different types of productivity. By defining what type of services is most important to reward, the most appropriate measurement or combination of measures of productivity can be used.

OR = operating room; ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; nCD = normalized clinical days; TU = time units; tASA = total ASA units.