HCA 312 Health Care Finance Week 2 Assignment 2

From the Front Lines Our robotic equipment and its maintenance represent a fixed cost of $23,320 per month. The cost-effectiveness of robotic-assisted surgery is related to patient volume: With only 10 cases, the fixed cost per case is $2,332, and with 40 cases, the fixed cost per case is $583. Source: Alemozaffar, Chang, Kacker, Sun, DeWolf, & Wagner (2013).