• 70 percent of respondents expect patient demand for outpatient surgery to increase
• 59 percent of respondents reported an increase in patient demand from 2009 to 2014
• 46 percent of respondents cited payer changes as the biggest challenge to growth
• 21 percent of respondents cited federal healthcare policy as the biggest challenge to growth
• 13 percent of respondents cited hospitals as the biggest challenge to growth
• 4 percent of respondents cited technology advances as the biggest challenge to growth
• 4 percent of respondents cited demographic changes as the biggest challenge to growth
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