Robot-assisted surgery and artificial intelligence-based tumour diagnostics: social preferences with a representative cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to assess social preferences for two different advanced digital health technologies and investigate the contextual dependency of the preferences.

Methods

A cross-sectional online survey was performed among the general population of Hungary aged 40 years and over. Participants were asked to imagine that they needed a total hip replacement surgery and to indicate whether they would prefer a traditional or a robot-assisted (RA) hip surgery. To better understand preferences for the chosen method, the willingness to pay (WTP) method was used. The same assessment was conducted for preferences between a radiologist's and AI-based image analysis in establishing the radiological diagnosis of a suspected tumour. Respondents' electronic health liter

SUBMITTER: Holgyesi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature