Tag: cost
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Robotic prostate surgery: a health care conundrum
Patients in Vancouver will be asked to pay a fee if they opt for robotic surgery for prostate cancer over conventional surgery. This is an important change in the way healthcare is usually paid for in Canada.
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Profitability of Robotic Surgery: Hospital Perspective
Analysis: Robot’s financial impact mixed Whether a hospital can break even or make a profit with the da Vinci device appears to turn on factors like the specific health plans in a particular market, the mix of Medicare patients, and the efficiency in using the robot. And most facilities seem to lose money at the…