Some procedures, such as orthopedics and spine, take longer while other procedures, including epidural steroid injections or colonoscopies, have a shorter procedure time.
Here are 22 statistics on surgical cases per operating room annually and per day, according to the VMG Health’s 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.
Surgical cases per OR per year
1. Mean: 1,184
2. 25th percentile: 787
3. Median: 1,104
4. 75th percentile: 1,507
5. 90th percentile: 1,883
By region:
6. Atlantic: 1,225
7. Midwest: 1,063
8. Mountain: 1,042
9. Northeast: 1,324
10. Pacific: 1,111
11. South: 1,098
Surgical cases per day for 250 days
12. Mean: 4.7
13. 25th percentile: 3.1
14. Median: 4.4
15. 75th percentile: 6
16. 90th percentile: 7.5
By region:
17. Atlantic: 4.9
18. Midwest: 4.3
19. Mountain: 4.2
20. Northeast: 5.3
21. Pacific: 4.4
22. South: 4.4
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