Healthcare costs in relation to prostatectomy
| Costs | Hospital-based care | |||
| Primary care | Outpatient | Inpatient | Total | |
| OP | ||||
| Before | 442 | 2720 | 1551 | 4714 |
| After | 429 | 3432 | 11 429 | 15 286 |
| Difference | −13 (−29 to 3) | 712 (493 to 931) | 9878 (9532 to 10 224) | 10 572 (10 135 to 11 010) |
| LP | ||||
| Before | 415 | 2753 | 1271 | 4440 |
| After | 416 | 2584 | 10 856 | 13 856 |
| Difference | 0 (−46to 46) | −169 (−624 to 285) | 9585 (8663 to 10 507) | 9416 (8343 to 10 489) |
| RALP | ||||
| Before | 421 | 2724 | 1242 | 4392 |
| After | 392 | 2878 | 14 700 | 17 978 |
| Difference | −29 (−43 to −15) | 154 (−18 to 325) | 13 458 (13 057 to 13 859) | 13 586 (13 132 to 14 041) |
| Robot attributable costs | ||||
| Compared with OP | −16 (−37 to 5) | −558 (−832 to −284) | 3580 (3054 to 4107) | 3014 (2380 to 3648) |
| Compared with LP | −29 (−77 to 18) | 323 (−178 to 823) | 3873 (2865 to 4882) | 4170 (2986 to 5354) |
Values are mean costs (2014, €) per patient with 95% CI.
Before refers to the 12 months prior to the index surgery and after refers to the 12 months after the index surgery including the day of surgery.
LP, laparoscopic prostatectomy; OP, open prostatectomy; RALP, robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy.