Title :
Cost-savings and economic benefits due to the assistive robotic manipulator (ARM)
Author :
Römer, GertWillem R B E ; Stuyt, Harry J A ; Peters, Albér
Author_Institution :
Exact Dynamics BV, Netherlands
fDate :
28 June-1 July 2005
Abstract :
Besides the social and personal benefits of a rehabilitation robot, the direct cost-savings and other (indirect) economic benefits, or effectiveness, are of major importance to party who pays for (or reimburses) the rehabilitation robot. This paper gives an overview of these cost-savings and, on a larger scale, economic benefits of the assistive robotic manipulator (arm) rehabilitation robot.
Keywords :
cost-benefit analysis; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; assistive robotic manipulator; cost-savings; economic benefits; rehabilitation robot; Costs; Europe; Impedance; Insurance; Manipulators; Mobile robots; Multiple sclerosis; Procurement; Rehabilitation robotics; Wheelchairs;
Conference_Titel :
Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005. 9th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9003-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501084
