20 statistics on ASC vs. HOPD Medicare patient characteristics

Here are 20 statistics on the variation in patients treated in ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments, according to MedPAC data.

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ASC patients

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
•    Male: 42.1 percent
•    Female: 57.9 percent

HOPD patients

Medicaid status
•    Not Medicaid: 76.6 percent
•    Medicaid: 23.4 percent

Race/ethnicity
•    White: 83.3 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
•    Male: 44 percent
•    Female: 56 percent

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