One-year healthcare costs after robotic-assisted and laparoscopic partial and radical nephrectomy: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite the wide-spread adoption of robotic-assisted surgery (RAS), the cost-benefit implications for partial (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) versus laparoscopic surgery (Lap) is not well established. We sought to examine the trend of adoption and 1-year healthcare expenditure of PN and RN, and compare 1-year expenditures of RAS versus Lap for PN and RN.

Patients and methods

This cohort study used the Merative^TM MarketScan® Databases between 2013 and 2020. A total of 5,353 patients with kidney cancer undergoing PN (2,980, 55.7%) or RN (2,373, 44.3%). We compared open-conversion, length of stay (LOS), index expenditure, 1-year healthcare expenditure and utilization, and missed work-days between RAS and Lap for PN and RN.

Results

Adoption of PN in

SUBMITTER: Okhawere KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10576279 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature