A cost evaluation methodology for surgical technologies

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2423-2432

  Ismail, Imad ^a,b   Wolff, Sandrine ^b   Gronfier, Agnes ^a   Mutter, Didier ^c   Swantröm, Lee L ^a  

^a IRCAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Evaluation method; Health economics; Hybrid surgery; Robot assisted surgery; Surgical technologies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; METHODOLOGY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; STOMACH SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY; COST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OPERATIVE TIME; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84937966840     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-014-3929-4     Document Type: Article

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