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. 2023 May 1;6(5):e2315052.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.15052.

Trends in Use of Robotic Surgery for Privately Insured Patients and Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries

Sidra N Bonner  1   2   3 , Jyothi R Thumma  2 , Justin B Dimick  1   2 , Kyle H Sheetz  4
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Trends in Use of Robotic Surgery for Privately Insured Patients and Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries

Sidra N Bonner et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This cohort study evaluates trends in the adoption of robotic surgery among Medicare beneficiaries and privately insured patients for common general surgical procedures.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bonner reported receiving personal fees from the American Medical Association for serving as a visual abstract editor for the JAMA Network journals outside the submitted work. Dr Dimick reported being an equity owner of ArborMetrix, Inc, outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Temporal Trends in the Proportional Use of Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Surgery Among Privately Insured Patients vs Medicare Beneficiaries
Graphs show data for surgical trends in colectomy (A), rectal resection (B), inguinal hernia (C), and ventral hernia (D) from 2010 to 2018.
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