Here are four findings from the report.
1. This figure is up from 36 percent of mastectomies in 2005.
2. AHRQ does not specify whether patients undergoing the procedure in an outpatient center fared better than those who had the surgery inpatient.
3. The report’s authors do not detail the reasons for the rise in outpatient mastectomies.
4. The number of women undergoing bilateral mastectomies without a breast cancer diagnosis more than doubled from two women per 100,000 in 2005 to nearly four women per 100,000 in 2013.
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