A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of the Use of Robotic Assisted Laparoscopy in Surgery Compared with Open or Laparoscopic Surgery | Zendy

Zafer Tandoğdu | Zendy; Luke Vale | Zendy; Cynthia Fraser | Zendy; Craig Ramsay | Zendy

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A Systematic Review of Economic Evaluations of the Use of Robotic Assisted Laparoscopy in Surgery Compared with Open or Laparoscopic Surgery

Author(s) -

Zafer Tandoğdu,

Luke Vale,

Cynthia Fraser,

Craig Ramsay

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

applied health economics and health policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.099

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 1179-1896

pISSN - 1175-5652

DOI - 10.1007/s40258-015-0185-2

Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , checklist , cost effectiveness , quality adjusted life year , medline , economic evaluation , health economics , cost–benefit analysis , general surgery , surgery , public health , nursing , psychology , ecology , risk analysis (engineering) , pathology , political science , law , cognitive psychology , biology

Robot assisted laparoscopic (RAL) surgery developed to overcome the limitations of laparoscopy to assist in surgical procedures, has high capital and operating costs. Systematically assembled evidence demonstrating its clinical and cost effectiveness would be helpful for its adoption by decision makers.

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