Robotic radiosurgery for the treatment of one to three brain metastases: A pragmatic application of cost-benefit analysis using willingness to pay.

17 Background: With the emergence of radiosurgery as a new radiotheraputic technique, health care decision makers are required to incorporate community need, cost and patient preferences when allocating radiosurgery resources. Conventional patient utility measures would not reflect short term preferences and would therefore not inform decision makers when allocating radiosurgery treatment units. The goal of this article is to …