Charge and length of hospital stay analysis of radical retropubic prostatectomy and transperineal prostate brachytherapy.

摘要

PURPOSE: For the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer radical retropubic prostatectomy with its attendant hospital stay should be associated with higher charges than transperineal prostate brachytherapy. We report a comparative case series to determine patient charges and length of hospitalization of 2 modalities of monotherapy for localized prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 35 consecutive patients with clinically localized prostate cancer underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy (16) or transperineal prostate brachytherapy (19) at the Arthur James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute. Complete charge and length of hospital stay data were collected for each patient. Total charges were calculated and the 2 modalities were compared. RESULTS: Charge data were available in 33 cases. Average total charges in the prostatectomy and brachytherapy groups were