Robotic Gastric Bypass Surgery in the Swiss Health Care System: Analysis of Hospital Costs and Reimbursement

Hagen, Monika; Rohner, Peter; Jung, Minoa; Amirghasemi, Nicolas; Buchs, Nicolas; Fakhro, Jassim; Buehler, Leo Hans; Morel, Philippe

doi:10.1007/s11695-017-2613-x

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English

Robotic Gastric Bypass Surgery in the Swiss Health Care System: Analysis of Hospital Costs and Reimbursement

ContributorsHagen, Monika; Rohner, Peter; Jung, Minoa; Amirghasemi, Nicolas; Buchs, Nicolas; Fakhro, Jassim; Buehler, Leo Hans; Morel, Philippe

Published inObesity surgery, vol. 27, no. 8, p. 2099-2105

Publication date2017

Abstract

Robotic technology shows some promising early outcomes indicating potentially improved outcomes particularly for challenging bariatric procedures. Still, health care providers face significant clinical and economic challenges when introducing innovations.

Keywords

Bariatric surgery
Cost
DRG
Gastric bypass
Robotic
Robotic surgery
da Vinci
reimbursement

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

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HAGEN, Monika et al. Robotic Gastric Bypass Surgery in the Swiss Health Care System: Analysis of Hospital Costs and Reimbursement. In: Obesity surgery, 2017, vol. 27, n° 8, p. 2099–2105. doi: 10.1007/s11695-017-2613-x

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PID : unige:93714
DOI : 10.1007/s11695-017-2613-x
PMID : 28236253

Journal ISSN0960-8923

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Robotic Gastric Bypass Surgery in the Swiss Health Care System: Analysis of Hospital Costs and Reimbursement

Robotic technology shows some promising early outcomes indicating potentially improved outcomes particularly for challenging bariatric procedures. Still, health care providers face significant clinical and economic challenges when introducing innovations.

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