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This study aims to examine the relationship between the acquisition of surgical robots and changes in radical prostatectomy rates at regional and hospital levels.

March 3, 2011Medical Care

The Association Between Diffusion of the Surgical Robot and Radical Prostatectomy Rates

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DMDanil V. MakarovUniversity of Minnesota JYJames B. YuDartmouth College RDRani A. DesaiBiocon (Switzerland)

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Retrospective cohort study finds increased radical prostatectomy rates with surgical robot adoption in hospitals, suggesting implications for medical policies.

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This study aims to examine the relationship between the acquisition of surgical robots and changes in radical prostatectomy rates at regional and hospital levels.
Retrospective cohort analysis using Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Databases from 2001 and 2005.
Evaluation of surgical robot acquisition data from 554 hospitals across 71 hospital referral regions.
Comparison of radical prostatectomy rates before and after surgical robot introduction.
Total radical prostatectomies decreased from 14,801 to 14,420 between 2001 and 2005.
HRRs with more hospitals acquiring robots showed an increase in RPs with average changes of 414.9, 189.6, 106.6, 14.7, -11.3, and -41.2, P<0.0001.
Hospitals with surgical robots increased RPs by a mean of 29.1 per year, while those without saw a decrease of 4.8, P<0.0001.

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Makarov et al. (2011) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a18924ce0375f9dbfcf7c87 https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0b013e318202adb9

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Retrospective cohort study finds increased radical prostatectomy rates with surgical robot adoption in hospitals, suggesting implications for medical policies.

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