Cost-effectiveness of Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy for Localized Prostate Cancer in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The cost-effectiveness of different surgical techniques for radical prostatectomy remains a subject of debate. Emergence of recent critical clinical data and changes in surgical equipment costs due to their shared use by different clinical specialties necessitate an updated cost-effectiveness analysis in a centralized, largely government-funded health care system such as the UK National Health Service (NHS).

Objective

To compare robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) with open radical prostatectomy (ORP) and laparoscopic-assisted radical prostatectomy (LRP) using contemporary data on clinical outcomes, costs, and surgical volumes in the UK.

Design, setting, and participants

This economic analysis used a Markov model developed to compare the cost-effe

SUBMITTER: Labban M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8980901 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature