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1. Full Text Cost Implications of the Rapid Adoption of Newer Technologies for Treating Prostate Cancer
by Paul L. Nguyen and Xiangmei Gu and Stuart R. Lipsitz and Toni K. Choueiri and Wesley W. Choi and Yin Lei and Karen E. Hoffman and Jim C. Hu
Journal of Clinical Oncology, ISSN 0732-183X, 04/2011, Volume 29, Issue 12, pp. 1517 - 1524
Purpose Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and laparoscopic or robotic minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP) are costlier alternatives to... 
PROTON-BEAM | MODULATED RADIATION-THERAPY | ONCOLOGY | TRENDS | United States | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Male | Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - utilization | Medicare - economics | Models, Economic | Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis | Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy | Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Medical Oncology - methods | Laparoscopy - utilization | SEER Program | Robotics - utilization | Brachytherapy - economics | Treatment Outcome | Robotics - economics | Chi-Square Distribution | Health Expenditures | Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - economics | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - utilization | Health Care Costs | Medical Oncology - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Prostatectomy - utilization | Diffusion of Innovation | Aged | Brachytherapy - utilization | Prostatectomy - economics | Hsr1 | Original Reports | Guc3 | Guc4
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2. Full Text Patterns‐of‐care and health economic analysis of robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy in the Australian public health system
by Basto, Marnique and Sathianathen, Niranjan and Marvelde, Luc and Ryan, Shane and Goad, Jeremy and Lawrentschuk, Nathan and Costello, Anthony J and Moon, Daniel A and Heriot, Alexander G and Butler, Jim and Murphy, Declan G
BJU International, ISSN 1464-4096, 06/2016, Volume 117, Issue 6, pp. 930 - 939
Objectives To compare patterns of care and peri‐operative outcomes of robot‐assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with other surgical approaches, and to create... 
health technology assessment | patterns of care | robotic prostatectomy | prostate cancer | Australia | economic analysis | Postoperative Complications - economics | Prostatectomy - methods | Length of Stay - economics | Blood Transfusion - economics | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data | Male | Models, Economic | Blood Transfusion - statistics & numerical data | Public Health - economics | Laparoscopy - methods | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Public Health - statistics & numerical data | Retrospective Studies | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data | Databases, Factual | Robotic Surgical Procedures - methods | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | Postoperative Complications - surgery | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - methods | Treatment Outcome | Australia - epidemiology | Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Aged | Prostatectomy - economics | Hospitalization - economics | Robotic surgery | Health care industry | Prostate cancer | Analysis | Robots | Public health
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3. Full Text Comparative Analysis of Outcomes and Costs Following Open Radical Cystectomy Versus Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy: Results From the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample
by Yu, Hua-yin and Hevelone, Nathanael D and Lipsitz, Stuart R and Kowalczyk, Keith J and Nguyen, Paul L and Choueiri, Toni K and Kibel, Adam S and Hu, Jim C
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 2012, Volume 61, Issue 6, pp. 1239 - 1244
Abstract Background Although robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC) was first reported in 2003 and has gained popularity, comparisons with open... 
Urology | Robotic surgery | Cystectomy | Bladder cancer | Cost | Outcomes | SURGERY | BLADDER-CANCER | EMPHASIS | PROSTATECTOMY | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | COMPLICATIONS | Hospital Costs | Postoperative Complications - economics | Cystectomy - mortality | Postoperative Complications - etiology | Laparoscopy - mortality | Length of Stay - economics | United States | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Male | Cystectomy - economics | Models, Economic | Cystectomy - adverse effects | Inpatients | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects | Hospitals, Teaching - economics | Laparoscopy - adverse effects | Time Factors | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - pathology | Female | Retrospective Studies | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Databases, Factual | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - mortality | Risk Assessment | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - economics | Risk Factors | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - mortality | Logistic Models | Postoperative Complications - therapy | Treatment Outcome | Robotics - economics | Chi-Square Distribution | Urinary Bladder Neoplasms - surgery | Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - economics | Propensity Score | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Parenteral Nutrition - economics | Aged | Cystectomy - methods | Laparoscopic surgery | Laparoscopy | Nuclear radiation | Analysis | Public health
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4. Full Text Comparative Cost-effectiveness of Robot-assisted and Standard Laparoscopic Prostatectomy as Alternatives to Open Radical Prostatectomy for Treatment of Men with Localised Prostate Cancer: A Health Technology Assessment from the Perspective of the UK National Health Service
by Close, Andrew and Robertson, Clare and Rushton, Stephen and Shirley, Mark and Vale, Luke and Ramsay, Craig and Pickard, Robert
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 2013, Volume 64, Issue 3, pp. 361 - 369
Abstract Background Robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy is increasingly used compared with a standard laparoscopic technique, but it remains uncertain... 
Urology | Robotic surgery | Cost-effectiveness analysis | Laparoscopic surgery | Prostate cancer | SURGERY | TRIALS | METAANALYSIS | EFFICACY | BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE | 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | OUTCOMES | ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION | Hospital Costs | Postoperative Complications - economics | Prostatectomy - methods | Length of Stay - economics | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Male | Models, Economic | Health Services Research | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Laparoscopy - adverse effects | Time Factors | Computer Simulation | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Quality-Adjusted Life Years | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | Postoperative Complications - therapy | Treatment Outcome | United Kingdom | Prostatectomy - adverse effects | Robotics - economics | Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - economics | State Medicine - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Quality of Life | Prostatectomy - economics | Care and treatment | Laparoscopy | Comparative analysis | Cost benefit analysis | Robots | Cancer
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5. Full Text Utilizing time‐driven activity‐based costing to understand the short‐ and long‐term costs of treating localized, low‐risk prostate cancer
by Laviana, Aaron A and Ilg, Annette M and Veruttipong, Darlene and Tan, Hung‐Jui and Burke, Michael A and Niedzwiecki, Douglas R and Kupelian, Patrick A and King, Chris R and Steinberg, Michael L and Kundavaram, Chandan R and Kamrava, Mitchell and Kaplan, Alan L and Moriarity, Andrew K and Hsu, William and Margolis, Daniel J. A and Hu, Jim C and Saigal, Christopher S
Cancer, ISSN 0008-543X, 02/2016, Volume 122, Issue 3, pp. 447 - 455
BACKGROUND Given the costs of delivering care for men with prostate cancer remain poorly described, this article reports the results of time‐driven... 
radical prostatectomy | prostate neoplasms | value‐based purchasing | radiotherapy | brachytherapy | cost analysis | active surveillance | value-based purchasing | SURGERY | SURVIVAL | MANAGEMENT | BIOPSY | ULTRASOUND FUSION | CARE | ONCOLOGY | HEALTH | OUTCOMES | ASSOCIATION | Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology | Prostatectomy - methods | Watchful Waiting - economics | Radiosurgery - economics | Risk Assessment | United States | Brachytherapy - economics | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Feasibility Studies | Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy | Health Care Costs | Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - economics | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Aged, 80 and over | Aged | Prostatectomy - economics | Population Surveillance | Care and treatment | Usage | Radioisotope brachytherapy | Analysis | Diagnosis | Radiotherapy | Prostate cancer | Medical care, Cost of
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6. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: epidemiology, economics and evaluation
by Vuichoud, Camille and Vuichoud, Camille and Loughlin, Kevin R and Loughlin, Kevin R
The Canadian journal of urology, ISSN 1195-9479, 2015, Volume 22, pp. 1 - 6
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is arguably the most common benign disease of mankind. As men age, the prostate inexorably grows often causing troubling... 
Benign prostatic hypertrophy | Lower urinary tract symptoms | Immunohistochemistry | Severity of Illness Index | Prostatectomy - methods | Age Factors | Risk Assessment | United States | Humans | Male | Treatment Outcome | Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - epidemiology | Incidence | Prostatic Hyperplasia - epidemiology | Prostatic Hyperplasia - surgery | Health Care Costs | Prostatic Hyperplasia - diagnosis | Prostatic Hyperplasia - economics | Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - surgery | Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms - diagnosis | Aged | Biopsy, Needle | Prostatectomy - economics
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7. Full Text Health resource use after robot‐assisted surgery vs open and conventional laparoscopic techniques in oncology: analysis of English secondary care data for radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy
by Hughes, David and Camp, Charlotte and O'Hara, Jamie and Adshead, Jim
BJU International, ISSN 1464-4096, 06/2016, Volume 117, Issue 6, pp. 940 - 947
Objectives To evaluate postoperative health resource utilisation and secondary care costs for radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy in National Health... 
costs | prostatectomy | resources | partial nephrectomy | robot‐assisted surgery | robot-assisted surgery | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | METAANALYSIS | CANCER | RATES | MEN | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY | COMPLICATIONS | OUTCOMES | Hospital Costs | Postoperative Complications - economics | Length of Stay - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Health Resources - economics | Male | Nephrectomy - methods | Nephrectomy - economics | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Retrospective Studies | Prostatectomy - economics | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Longitudinal Studies | United Kingdom - epidemiology | Hospitalization - economics | Robotic surgery | Analysis | Laparoscopic surgery | Laparoscopy | Robots | Methods | Medical care, Cost of
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8. Full Text Randomized Controlled Trial of Barbed Polyglyconate Versus Polyglactin Suture for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Anastomosis: Technique and Outcomes
by Williams, Stephen B and Alemozaffar, Mehrdad and Lei, Yin and Hevelone, Nathanael and Lipsitz, Stuart R and Plaster, Blakely A and Hu, Jim C
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 2010, Volume 58, Issue 6, pp. 875 - 881
Abstract Background Transperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) urethrovesical anastomosis is a critical step. Although the prevalence of... 
Urology | Continence | Urine leak | Radical prostatectomy | Complications | Robotic | Anastomosis | Quill | Suture | SYSTEM | CLOSURE | URETHROVESICAL ANASTOMOSIS | STRICTURES | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | Hospital Costs | Prostatectomy - methods | Prospective Studies | Suture Techniques - economics | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Sutures - adverse effects | Polymers - economics | Male | Wound Healing | Robotics - instrumentation | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Laparoscopy - adverse effects | Time Factors | Prostatectomy - instrumentation | Polymers - adverse effects | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Boston | Suture Techniques - adverse effects | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation | Sutures - economics | Treatment Outcome | Prostatectomy - adverse effects | Robotics - economics | Chi-Square Distribution | Suture Techniques - instrumentation | Polyglactin 910 - economics | Urinary Catheterization | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Polyglactin 910 - adverse effects | Anastomosis, Surgical | Aged | Laparoscopy - instrumentation | Prostatectomy - economics | Laparoscopic surgery | Laparoscopy | Surgery | Methods
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9. Economics of Robotic Surgery. Does It Make Sense and for Whom?
by Williams, Stephen B and Prado, Kris and Hu, Jim C
Urologic Clinics of North America, ISSN 0094-0143, 2014, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp. 591 - 596
The authors performed a literature review to identify cost-effectiveness research as it pertains to robotic surgery. There is increased utilization of robotic... 
Costs | Utilization | Treatments | Robotic | Surgery | COSTS | ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY | HOSPITAL VOLUME | MORBIDITY | CERTIFICATE | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY | RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY | CYSTECTOMY | OUTCOMES | CANCER | Prostatectomy - methods | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Laparoscopy | Prostatectomy - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Humans
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10. Full Text Health Economic Analysis of Open and Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Surgery for Prostate Cancer Within the Prospective Multicentre LAPPRO Trial
by Forsmark, Annabelle and Gehrman, Jacob and Angenete, Eva and Bjartell, Anders and Björholt, Ingela and Carlsson, Stefan and Hugosson, Jonas and Marlow, Tom and Stinesen-Kollberg, Karin and Stranne, Johan and Wallerstedt, Anna and Wiklund, Peter and Wilderäng, Ulrica and Haglind, Eva and Göteborgs universitet and Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för kirurgi and Gothenburg University and Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Surgery and Sahlgrenska Academy and Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Oncology and Sahlgrenska akademin and Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för urologi and Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Urology and Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Avdelningen för onkologi
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 12/2018, Volume 74, Issue 6, pp. 816 - 824
The rapid adoption of robot-assisted laparoscopy in radical prostatectomy has preceded data regarding associated costs. Qualitative evidence regarding cost... 
Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy | Health economics | Radical prostatectomy | Cost analysis | Prostate cancer | COST-EFFECTIVENESS | VOLUME | MEN | OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | Hospital Costs | Prostatectomy - methods | Prospective Studies | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Middle Aged | Male | Models, Economic | Laparoscopy - methods | Sweden | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Laparoscopy - adverse effects | Time Factors | Adult | Databases, Factual | Robotic Surgical Procedures - methods | Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | Treatment Outcome | Prostatectomy - adverse effects | Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care) - economics | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Aged | Prostatectomy - economics | Robotic Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Robotic surgery | Laparoscopic surgery | Laparoscopy | Medical care, Cost of | volume | Urologi och njurmedicin | cost-effectiveness | Health | men | Urology and Nephrology | open radical prostatectomy | Urology & Nephrology
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11. Full Text Costs of Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review
by Bolenz, Christian and Freedland, Stephen J and Hollenbeck, Brent K and Lotan, Yair and Lowrance, William T and Nelson, Joel B and Hu, Jim C
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 2012, Volume 65, Issue 2, pp. 316 - 324
Abstract Context Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) has been rapidly adopted as a new approach for radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients... 
Urology | Economics | Costs | Radical prostatectomy | Cost analysis | Prostate cancer | Robotics | SURGERY | LEARNING-CURVE | ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY | CHARGES | MEDICAL-CARE | TECHNOLOGIES | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY | SINGLE-INSTITUTION EXPERIENCE | BRACHYTHERAPY | Health Care Costs | Prostatectomy - methods | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Humans | Laparoscopy - economics | Quality of Health Care - economics | Male | Treatment Outcome | Robotics - economics | Prostatectomy - economics | Surgery | Robots
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12. Full Text Hospitalization Costs for Radical Prostatectomy Attributable to Robotic Surgery
by Kim, Simon P and Shah, Nilay D and Karnes, R. Jeffrey and Weight, Christopher J and Shippee, Nathan D and Han, Leona C and Boorjian, Stephen A and Smaldone, Marc C and Frank, Igor and Gettman, Matthew T and Tollefson, Matthew K and Thompson, R. Houston
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 2012, Volume 64, Issue 1, pp. 11 - 16
Abstract Background With health technology innovation responsible for higher health care costs, it is essential to have accurate estimates regarding the... 
Urology | Robotic surgery | Comparative effectiveness | Costs | Radical prostatectomy | Prostate cancer | Outcomes | ADOPTION | HEALTH-CARE COSTS | SHARE | CANCER | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | ECONOMICS | TECHNOLOGY | Hospital Costs | Postoperative Complications - economics | Length of Stay - economics | Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery | United States | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Postoperative Complications - therapy | Treatment Outcome | Prostatectomy - adverse effects | Robotics - economics | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - adverse effects | Prostatic Neoplasms - economics | Time Factors | Cost-Benefit Analysis | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Prostatectomy - economics | Surgery, Computer-Assisted - economics | Hospitalization - economics | Medical policy | Robots | Medical care, Cost of
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13. Full Text Minimally invasive surgery and its impact on 30‐day postoperative complications, unplanned readmissions and mortality
by Sood, A and Meyer, C. P and Abdollah, F and Sammon, J. D and Sun, M and Lipsitz, S. R and Hollis, M and Weissman, J. S and Menon, M and Trinh, Q.‐D
British Journal of Surgery, ISSN 0007-1323, 09/2017, Volume 104, Issue 10, pp. 1372 - 1381
Background A critical appraisal of the benefits of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is needed, but is lacking. This study examined the associations between MIS... 
SURGERY | SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS | DATA SET | PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES | PROPENSITY SCORE METHODS | OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY | AMERICAN-COLLEGE | RISK | SPENDING GROWTH | HEALTH-CARE | QUALITY-IMPROVEMENT-PROGRAM | Postoperative Complications - economics | Appendectomy - adverse effects | United States | Humans | Patient Readmission - economics | Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - economics | Treatment Outcome | Postoperative Complications - mortality | Prostatectomy - adverse effects | Health Expenditures | Appendectomy - economics | Propensity Score | Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - adverse effects | Hysterectomy - adverse effects | Hysterectomy - economics | Herniorrhaphy - economics | Herniorrhaphy - adverse effects | Colectomy - adverse effects | Prostatectomy - economics | Colectomy - economics | Complications and side effects | Complications | Mortality | Analysis | Surgery
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14. Full Text Effect of Regional Hospital Competition and Hospital Financial Status on the Use of Robotic-Assisted Surgery
by Wright, Jason D and Tergas, Ana I and Hou, June Y and Burke, William M and Chen, Ling and Hu, Jim C and Neugut, Alfred I and Ananth, Cande V and Hershman, Dawn L
JAMA Surgery, ISSN 2168-6254, 07/2016, Volume 151, Issue 7, pp. 612 - 620
IMPORTANCE: Despite the lack of efficacy data, robotic-assisted surgery has diffused rapidly into practice. Marketing to physicians, hospitals, and patients... 
SURGERY | REGRESSION-MODELS | REIMBURSEMENT | ADOPTION | BENIGN GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE | LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY | OUTCOMES | STAFFING DECISIONS | ASSOCIATION | TECHNOLOGY | CARE | Prostatectomy - methods | Humans | Middle Aged | Male | Nephrectomy - methods | Nephrectomy - economics | Economics, Hospital | Hospitals - statistics & numerical data | Hospitals - trends | Ovariectomy - statistics & numerical data | Aged, 80 and over | Adult | Female | Hysterectomy - economics | Economic Competition - trends | Hysterectomy - statistics & numerical data | Robotic Surgical Procedures - utilization | Hysterectomy - methods | Nephrectomy - statistics & numerical data | Ovariectomy - methods | Prostatectomy - statistics & numerical data | Robotic Surgical Procedures - economics | Robotic Surgical Procedures - trends | Ovariectomy - economics | Aged | Prostatectomy - economics
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15. Full Text Cost of New Technologies in Prostate Cancer Treatment: Systematic Review of Costs and Cost Effectiveness of Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy, Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy, and Proton Beam Therapy
by Schroeck, Florian Rudolf and Jacobs, Bruce L and Bhayani, Sam B and Nguyen, Paul L and Penson, David and Hu, Jim
European Urology, ISSN 0302-2838, 2017, Volume 72, Issue 5, pp. 712 - 735
Abstract Context Some of the high costs of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP), intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and proton beam therapy may be... 
Urology | Systematic review | New technology | Cost effectiveness | Prostate cancer | Cost | DECISION | METAANALYSIS | HOSPITALS | CARE | PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES | RADIATION-THERAPY | IMPACT | OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY