Hospitals expect procedures, capital equipment budgets to grow next year: survey

MedTech Dive March 27, 2023
Elise Reuter

Dive Brief:

Hospitals continue to face staffing shortages and financial constraints, but the majority expect the situation to improve next year, according to a survey of 40 executives and purchasing directors at hospitals by BTIG.
Three-fourths of hospitals said procedure volumes are still being affected by staffing shortages, but more than half expect to return to full capacity in 2024.
Half of the hospitals said their 2022 revenues were the same or lower than pre-COVID levels. But two-thirds expect revenues to increase this year, and most hospital executives plan to increase their capital equipment budgets in 2023 and 2024, the survey found.

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