Hospitalization costs for radical prostatectomy attributable to robotic surgery

European Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Kim, Simon P ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^a   Karnes, R Jeffrey ^a   Weight, Christopher J ^b   Shippee, Nathan D ^b   Han, Leona C ^a   Boorjian, Stephen A ^a   Smaldone, Marc C ^c   Frank, Igor ^a   Gettman, Matthew T ^a   Tollefson, Matthew K ^a   Thompson, R Houston ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness; Costs; Outcomes; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELIXHAUSER COMORBIDITY INDEX; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878869530     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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