title: Hospital cost implications of increased use of minimally invasive surgery.
authors: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Tim
authors: T
authors: Xu
authors: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland2Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Susan M
authors: SM
authors: Hutfless
authors: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Michol A
authors: MA
authors: Cooper
authors: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Mo
authors: M
authors: Zhou
authors: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland2Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Allan B
authors: AB
authors: Massie
authors: Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland3Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors: Martin A
authors: MA
authors: Makary
mesh_terms: D015142:Baltimore; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies