title: New technology and health care costs--the case of robot-assisted surgery.
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Gabriel I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Barbash
authors.forename: Sherry A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Glied
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D012371:Robotics / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D013675:Technology, High-Cost; D014481:United States