Changing Patterns of Surgical Care in the United States, 1980-1995.
From: Health Care Financing Review
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Date: 9/22/1999
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Author: Kozak, Lola Jean; McCarthy, Eileen; Pokras, Robert
National inpatient and ambulatory surgery data were combined to examine changes over time in the location and amount of surgical care. The main pattern was a decline in the rate of inpatient operations that was outweighed by growth in ambulatory operations. However, the rate of inpatient operations did not decrease for patients age 65 years or over, despite the growth in ambulatory surgery. Other patterns seen for specific types of operations were the substitution of ambulatory for inpatient ...
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