Table 2.
Healthcare service use in relation to prostatectomy
| Hospital-based care | ||||
| Primary care | Outpatient | Inpatient | ||
| No of contacts | No of admissions | No of admissions | Length of stay | |
| OP | ||||
| Before | 11.0 | 08.1 | 00.0 | 01.0 |
| After | 12.0 | 09.1 | 01.1 | 06.1 |
| Difference | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.0) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.4) | 1.3 (1.2 to 1.4) | 5.5 (5.2 to 5.9) |
| LP | ||||
| Before | 10.0 | 07.1 | 00.0 | 01.0 |
| After | 11.0 | 08.1 | 01.0 | 04.1 |
| Difference | 0.8 (0.1 to 1.5) | 0.7 (−0.3 to 1.6) | 1.1 (1.0 to 1.2) | 3.6 (2.7 to 4.4) |
| RALP | ||||
| Before | 10.1 | 07.1 | 00.0 | 00.1 |
| After | 11.0 | 09.0 | 01.1 | 03.1 |
| Difference | 0.3 (0.1 to 0.5) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.5) | 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) | 3.0 (2.7 to 3.3) |
| Robot attributable service use | ||||
| Compared with OP | −0.5 (−0.8 to 0.1) | 0.2 (−0.4 to 0.7) | −0.1 (−0.2 to 0.0) | −2.6 (−3.0 to 2.1) |
| Compared with LP | −0.5 (−1.3 to 0.2) | 0.5 (−0.5 to 1.5) | 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.2) | −0.6 (−1.5 to 0.3) |
Values are mean 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.