From Medical Xpress:

'Pay-for-performance' may lead to higher risk for robotic prostate surgery patients.

Here's the link: medicalxpress.com/news/2015-03-pay-for-performance-higher-robotic-prostate-surgery.html

"A "perverse disincentive" for hospitals that have invested in expensive technology for robotic surgery may be jeopardizing prostate cancer patients who seek out the procedure, concluded a new study led by Henry Ford Hospital researchers."

"They found:
•The number of hospitals performing RARP remained stable over the study period - 802 in 2009, 792 in 2010 and 808 in 2011.
•The overall complication rate after surgery was "significantly" related to the volume of RARPs performed at a hospital.
•14.7 percent of patients treated at very-low volume institutions experienced complications while those treated at very-high volume institutions experienced a complication rate of 5.7 percent.
•Patients treated at very-high volume hospitals were less than half as likely to experience a complication as those treated at very-low volume hospitals.


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