10 things to know about total joint replacements and ASCs

Becker's Healthcare July 16, 2024
Francesca Mathewes

The landscape of total joint replacement procedures is changing, and ASCs are increasingly looking to these procedures for growth.

Here’s 10 things to know about the state of total joint replacements:

1. Total joint replacements are increasingly migrating to the outpatient setting. As of last year, the volume of orthopedic surgeries occurring in the outpatient setting was 33 times higher than those occurring in the inpatient setting. From 2019 to 2023, the number of knee replacements occurring in an outpatient setting increased 293%.

2. More ASCs are offering total joint replacement procedures than ever before. More than 600 ASCs in the U.S are performing total joint replacements. Becker’s has an updated list here.

3. Despite...

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