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"Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Yields Significant Cost Savings"

  • Health Care Business News
  • New York, NY
  • (March 29, 2016)

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP), compared to retropubic radical prostatectomy (RRP) can dramatically cut costs for hospitals, payors and society, according to researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai who published the study in Value in Health. The researchers investigated the financial impact of RALP versus RRP by conducting a systematic peer-reviewed literature search for clinical outcomes and creating cost models for assessing the costs for hospitals, payers and society. Learn more.