ASC patient burn rates in Q4: 4 takeaways

The number of patient burns in ASCs marginally increased during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016, according to ASC Quality Collaboration data.

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Here are four takeaways on the number of patient burns per 1,000 admissions.

●    Q4 2016: 0.016
●    Q3 2016: 0.015
●    Q2 2016L 0.011
●    Q1 2016: 0.016

*The aforementioned data represents 1,939,934 ASC admissions at 1,475 facilities between Oct. 1, 2016, and Dec. 31, 2016.

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