Here are 24 statistics on the surgical specialties provided at urban and rural ambulatory surgery centers, based on 2006 data from The Impact of Freestanding Surgery Centers on Rural Community Hospital Performance report.
Urban ASCs (percent providing the specialty)
• Ophthalmology: 54 percent
• Orthopedics: 50 percent
• Podiatry: 48 percent
• General surgery: 43 percent
• Plastics: 40 percent
• ENT: 40 percent
• OB/GYN: 38 percent
• Urology: 35 percent
• Oral surgery: 25 percent
• Neurosurgery: 14 percent
• Cardiovascular surgery: 5 percent
• Thoracic surgery: 4 percent
Rural ASCs (percent providing the specialty)
• Ophthalmology: 65 percent
• Orthopedics: 50 percent
• General surgery: 49 percent
• Podiatry: 46 percent
• ENT: 44 percent
• OB/GYN: 42 percent
• Urology: 42 percent
• Plastics: 35 percent
• Oral surgery: 24 percent
• Neurosurgery: 10 percent
• Cardiovascular surgery: 4 percent
• Thoracic surgery: 3 percent
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