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Surgical-robot costs put small hospitals in a bind

The story looks at a downstream trend of rural and community hospitals buying robotic surgery systems and the impact of a high-cost medical technology being used in a facility with lower patient volumes at a time when the manufacturers sales were beginning to flag.

Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2014

Category:

  • Beat Reporting

Affiliation:

Modern Healthcare

Reporter:

Jaimy Lee, Reporter

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