Author | Purchase cost | Amortization period | Annual maintenance cost | # of case per year | Total per-case cost |
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Bansal [13] | N.A. | 10-year | $323/case | 400 | $766 |
Bochner [23] | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Martin [21] | N.A. | 7-year | N.A. | 300 | $1128 |
Lee [22] | $1,650,000 | 7-year | $125,000 (347$/case) | 361 | $1000 |
Smith [11] | N.A. | 5-year | N.A. | 288 (including prostatectomy cases) | $2303 |
- Robot-related cost data of the included studies. Robot-related costs included robot purchase costs and annual maintenance costs. The robot-related costs were calculated using the amortization periods and the annual number of cases in the institutions. The data on amortization periods and annual number of cases are also listed in this table