Estimation of the Acquisition and Operating Costs for Robotic Surgery

Christopher P Childers; Melinda Maggard-Gibbons

doi:10.1001/jama.2018.9219

Estimation of the Acquisition and Operating Costs for Robotic Surgery

JAMA. 2018 Aug 28;320(8):835-836. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.9219.

Authors

Christopher P Childers¹, Melinda Maggard-Gibbons¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This study used 1999-2017 financial statements from INTUITIVE, the company that supplies most robotic technology, to establish a hospital cost benchmark to inform future cost-effectiveness evaluations.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Cost-Benefit Analysis
Hospital Costs*
Humans
Robotic Surgical Procedures / economics*
Robotic Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Surgical Instruments / economics
United States

Grants and funding

F32 HS025079/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States