Surgeries are abandoning hospital campuses for ASCs — 12 statistics

The percentage of surgeries completed in the inpatient setting has dropped since 2005, and analysts expect the decline will continue, according to an Advisory Board report.

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12 statistics to know:

Inpatient surgery percentage by year

2005: 42 percent
2010: 40 percent
2015: 37 percent
2020 (projected): 36 percent

Distribution of outpatient surgeries

2005
ASC: 41 percent
HOPD: 59 percent

2010
ASC: 48 percent
HOPD: 52 percent

2015
ASC: 57 percent
HOPD: 43 percent

2020 (projected)
ASC: 60 percent
HOPD: 40 percent

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