Becker's Healthcare February 25, 2020
ASCs and urgent care clinics are eating away at hospitals’ bottom lines, as this is the first year hospital-based outpatient department visits have dropped in 35 years, according to American Hospital Association data reported on by Dark Daily.
AHA surveyed 6,146 hospitals in the U.S.
What you should know:
1. HOPD counts last fell in 1983. AHA attributed the decline to decreased emergency room visits.
2. In 2018, hospitals reported 879.6 million outpatient visits, down from 880.5 million...
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