Definition von conversion factor im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A factor used to equate the price of T-bond and T-note futures contracts with the various cash T-bonds and T-notes eligible for delivery This factor is based on the relationship of the cash-instrument coupon to the required eight percent deliverable grade of a futures contract as well as taking into account the cash instrument's maturity or call
The conversion factor is a dollar multiplier used to convert the geographically adjusted relative value for a physician service to a Medicare payment amount for the service
factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units
A standard dollar value that converts Relative Value Units (RVUs) to dollar amounts The RVUs for each service are multiplied by the conversion factor to produce a fee schedule amount for that service This is typically used to establish fees for physician services
A dollar amount for one base unit in the relative value scale (RVS) The price to be paid to the provider for a given service equals the relative value of the service multiplied by the dollar amount of the conversion factor
A number that translates units of one system into corresponding values of another system Conversion factors can be used to translate physical units of measure for various fuels into Btu equivalents
A figure published by the CBOT used to adjust a T-Bond hedge for the difference in maturity between the T-Bond contract specifications and the T-Bonds being hedged
Ratio between the economic price value and the financial price value for a project output or input, which can be used to convert the constant price financial values of project benefits and costs to economic values Conversion factors can also be applied for groups of typical items, such as, petrochemicals or grains; and for the economy as a whole, as in the standard conversion factor or shadow exchange rate factor
The number for a particular security which must be multiplied by the price of the futures contract to arrive at the delivery price of the security
The dollar amount used to multiply the Relative Value Schedule (RVS) of a procedure to arrive at the maximum allowable for that procedure
A monetary multiplier that converts relative value units (RVUs) into payment amounts
A numerical factor used to multiply or divide a quantity when converting from one system of units to another