Robotic-assisted surgery for prostatectomy – does the diffusion of robotic systems contribute to treatment centralization and influence patients’ hospital choice?

BACKGROUND: Between 2008 and 2018, the share of robotic-assisted surgeries (RAS) for radical prostatectomies (RPEs) has increased from 3 to 46% in Germany. Firstly, we investigate if this diffusion of RAS has contributed to RPE treatment centralization. Secondly, we analyze if a hospital’s use of an...

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Autores principales: Kuklinski, David, Vogel, Justus, Henschke, Cornelia, Pross, Christoph, Geissler, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10170785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37162648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-023-00444-9

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