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HOSPITALS/SYSTEMS DIGEST 2015
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Outpatient Share of Surgeries Is Up at Not-for-Profit Hospitals
• The outpatient shares of all surgeries rose
to 69.8% at not-for-profit and 77.7% at
government facilities, but remained at 70.9%
overall for hospitals nationwide in 2013.
• From 2012 to 2013, the ratio of inpatient
surgeries per staffed bed (11.8) was unchanged
for hospitals across the nation, as was the
ratio of outpatient surgeries per day (10.6).
Data source: IMS Health © 2015
69.1%
69.0%
68.8%
69.2%
69.5%
69.6%
69.8%
65.1%
65.4%
65.5%
65.9%
66.3%
67.2%
66.6%
75.0%
74.9%
75.9%
76.3%
77.0%
77.5%
77.7%
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
60%
65%
70%
75%
80%
Percentage of Surgeries
Not-for-Profit
For-Profit
Government
Key Takeaway
The share of all surgeries that were performed in the outpatient setting fell at for-profit
hospitals from 2012 to 2013, after rising at least fractionally each year since 2007. This was
accompanied by increased inpatient surgeries per staffed bed shares at these facilities
during the same year. Whether this represents more than a short-term deviation in the effort
to shift more patients to the outpatient setting remains to be seen, as it may only indicate
a temporarily higher rate of cases requiring more complex surgical interventions.
HOSPITAL SERVICE VOLUME, BY OWNERSHIP TYPE
Not-for-Profit
For-Profit
Government
ALL HOSPITALS
SERVICE VOLUME
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012
2013
2012
2013
Inpatient Surgeries/Staffed Bed 12.2
12.2
14.7
14.9
7.9
7.9
11.8
11.8
Outpatient Surgeries/Day
12.8
12.7
9.3
9.3
6.0
6.1
10.6
10.6
Outpatient Surgeries as a
Percentage of Total Surgeries
69.6% 69.8% 67.2% 66.6% 77.5% 77.7%
70.9% 70.9%
OUTPATIENT SURGERIES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SURGERIES, 2007–2013
Outpatient Percentage of All Surgeries Falls at For-Profit Hospitals
• The ratio of outpatient surgeries to all surgeries
declined at for-profit hospitals, to 66.6% in 2013
from 67.2% in 2012. Government and not-for-
profit facilities recorded slight increases.
• Meanwhile, the ratio of inpatient surgeries per
staffed bed rose at for-profit facilities, to 14.9
in 2013 from 14.7 in 2012, and remained flat
at government and not-for-profit hospitals.
LONG-TERM TREND