Factors associated with increased costs in robotic gastric bypass surgery: Australian healthcare system perspective.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to understand the cost drivers of robotic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (rRYGB) with specific application to the Australian healthcare system. US-based PINC AI™ Healthcare Data (1/1/2021-12/31/2022) were used to extract patients who underwent elective rRYGB procedures. We included patients who used single-type staplers in each case, had non-zero costs, and non-missing key variables. Factors including patient and hospital characteristics, type of staplers used [laparoscopic bedside staplers (LBS), other unspecified bedside staplers (OBS), and robotic staplers (RS)] were evaluated. Multivariable general linear models were used to identify cost drivers. Sensitivity analysis was done by the bootstrapping method. The results were then applied to Australian healthcare system model. I

SUBMITTER: Huynh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12226609 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature