Required effects with the robot to compensate the minimum and maximum additional costs (table 4) if these effects would occur in only one variable at a time
| Effect needed per variable to compensate the additional costs of €1086* | Effect needed per variable to compensate the additional costs of €4598* | |
| Duration of operation (min) | −79 | −335 |
| Conversion | −64% | N/A (>100%) |
| Complication with Clavien-Dindo I/II | −22% | −92% |
| Complication with Clavien-Dindo III–V | −7% | −29% |
| Lasting complication | −7% | −31% |
| Positive margin | −22% | −92% |
| Hospitalization (day) | −1.63 | −6.88 |
| QALY | 0.022 | 0.092 |
*The percentages in the table are absolute percentages, the percentage of patients in the total group of patients in which this must be prevented. N/A (>100%) means that more than 100% prevention is warranted to compensate for the extra costs of a robot-assisted procedure.
QALY, quality-adjusted life year.