Expenses associated with instrument repair can significantly impact a procedure's net revenue, thus efforts should be made to minimize instrument breakage. The expense of repairing a flexible ureteroscope per procedure can be significant and needs to be considered when pricing this procedure.

Traditional methods of physician education can impact practice patterns to decrease hospital charges for radical retropubic prostatectomy.

Traditional methods of physician education can impact practice patterns to decrease hospital charges for radical retropubic prostatectomy.

The slowing of SWL treatment results in a longer procedure decreasing the time available for treatment; however, the clinical outcome results in improved patient quality of care and decreased cost. Slowing SWL both benefits the patient and decreases the cost of SWL in the community setting.

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