Same-Day Discharge vs Inpatient Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Complications, Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing, and Patient Satisfaction.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Historically, robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy is accompanied by an inpatient hospital admission. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a transition to same-day discharge robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy in some centers to free up critically needed inpatient beds. This study aims to compare complications, total health care costs, and patient satisfaction for same-day discharge vs inpatient robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Materials and methods

We compared 392 consecutive robotic-assisted radical prostatectomies performed as same-day discharge (n = 206) vs inpatient (n = 186) from February 2020 to November 2022 at 2 academic medical centers. We utilized propensity score analysis to assess the impact of same-day discharge vs inpatient robotic-assisted r

SUBMITTER: Cheng E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840655 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature