January 13, 2020
Can your hospital survive the growing dominance of ASCs?
Of the approximately 57 million surgical procedures performed annually in the US, it is estimated that hospital inpatient procedures (overnight admissions) account for less than 20% of cases. Many procedures once performed in hospital outpatient surgery departments (HOPDs) have moved to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) over the past 15 years, and the HOPD share of the total ambulatory surgery market has dropped from nearly 60% to just 40%.
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