Epstein M E, Lindquist C
Brown University School of Medicine/Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Providence.
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 1993;61 Suppl 1:6-10. doi: 10.1159/000100652.
The cost of the three dominant technologies for delivering radiosurgery to the brain are compared. Included in the analysis is the cost of the equipment and labor costs for each procedure. Once a unit is treating more than 100 patients per year the Gamma Knife becomes the most cost-effective technology by a factor of almost 100%. These findings are primarily a result of the greater labor input required for alternate technologies.
对用于脑部放射外科手术的三种主要技术的成本进行了比较。分析内容包括每种手术的设备成本和劳动力成本。一旦一个单位每年治疗的患者超过100例，伽玛刀就会成为最具成本效益的技术，其性价比几乎高出100%。这些结果主要是由于替代技术需要更多的劳动力投入。
