Table 3.

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.