How do ambulatory surgery center patients differ from those treated in hospital outpatient departments? Here are 20 statistics on patients treated in ASCs in comparison to patients treated in HOPDs in 2012, according to the 2014 MedPAC issues report to Congress.
ASC
Medicaid Status
• Not Medicaid: 86 percent
• Medicaid: 14 percent
Race/ethnicity
• White: 87.7 percent
• African American: 6.9 percent
• Other: 5.3 percent
Age
• Under 65: 15.2 percent
• 65 to 84: 78 percent
• 85 or older: 6.8 percent
Sex
• Female: 57.9 percent
• Male: 42.1 percent
HOPD
Medicaid Status
• Not Medicaid: 76.6 percent
• Medicaid: 23.4 percent
Race/ethnicity
• White: 83.8 percent
• African American: 10.3 percent
• Other: 5.9 percent
Age
• Under 65: 22.4 percent
• 65 to 84: 66.8 percent
• 85 or older: 10.8 percent
Sex
• Female: 56 percent
• Male: 44 percent
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ASC
Medicaid Status
• Not Medicaid: 86 percent
• Medicaid: 14 percent
Race/ethnicity
• White: 87.7 percent
• African American: 6.9 percent
• Other: 5.3 percent
Age
• Under 65: 15.2 percent
• 65 to 84: 78 percent
• 85 or older: 6.8 percent
Sex
• Female: 57.9 percent
• Male: 42.1 percent
HOPD
Medicaid Status
• Not Medicaid: 76.6 percent
• Medicaid: 23.4 percent
Race/ethnicity
• White: 83.8 percent
• African American: 10.3 percent
• Other: 5.9 percent
Age
• Under 65: 22.4 percent
• 65 to 84: 66.8 percent
• 85 or older: 10.8 percent
Sex
• Female: 56 percent
• Male: 44 percent
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