The report, released in May 2017, focuses on data from 2010, which is the most recent year available. Here are key statistics from the report:
Number of procedures
1. Digestive procedures including colonoscopies: 4 million
2. Endoscopic polypectomy of the large intestine: 1.1 million
3. Endoscopy of the small intestine: 2.2 million
4. Eye procedures including lens extraction: 2.9 million
5. Lens insertion: 2.6 million procedures for cataracts
6. Eyelid operations: 1 million
7. Musculoskeletal procedures: 1.3 million
8. Integumetary system procedures: 1.2 million
9. Nervous system procedures including spinal canal and pain relief injections: 2.9 million
Time benchmarks
10. Operating room time: 50 minute per procedure (compared to 63 minutes in HOPDs)
11. Time spent in surgery: 29 minutes (compared to 37 minutes in HOPDs)
12. Postoperative care: 51 minutes (compared to 89 minutes in HOPDs)
13. Endoscopies: 14 minutes to perform
14. Endoscopic polypectomy of the large intestine: 21 minutes
15. Cataract surgery, extraction or insertion of the lens: 10 minutes
16. Eyelid operations: 23 minutes
17. Knee arthroscopy: 32 minutes
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