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  1. Aug 31, 2021 · More than one-quarter of inpatient stays in the United States involve at least one operating room (OR) procedure. 1 On average, these stays are more than twice as costly as stays without OR procedures. 1 With surgical care accounting for nearly one-third of healthcare spending in the United States, 2 identifying the volume, costs, and ...

    • Kimberly W. McDermott, Lan Liang
    • 2021/08/31
  2. But in terms of modern medicine, surgeries and other procedures have taken place in office and clinic-based surgical suites since the 1970s, and with increasing regularity since the 1980s. Today, tens of millions of procedures are safely performed in offices and clinics every year in the US.

  3. Over the past decade, the number of procedures performed in office-based settings by a variety of practitioners—including surgeons, gastroenterologists, ophthalmologists, radiologists, dermatologists, and others—has grown significantly.

    • Richard D. Urman, Nathan Punwani, Fred E. Shapiro
    • 2012
  4. Oct 7, 2024 · Counted is the number of patients undergoing procedures according to OPS, no matter how many operations were accomplished. Each patient counted one time. This includes diagnostic procedures as well.

  5. In communities with fewer than 50 000 residents, most of the orthopedic procedures were performed by orthopedic surgeons (75.5%, n = 13 339) and general practitioners (20.1%, n = 3555); only 0.9% (n = 166) were performed by general surgeons.

  6. More than one million surgical procedures are performed annually in Canada,2 with every procedure ofering benefts and associated with potential risks. While healthcare providers, teams, and organizations strive to provide safe care, patient safety incidents still occur.

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  8. More than one-third (36.7 percent) of inpatient stays covered by private insurance involved OR procedures, compared with only 25.4 percent of stays for Medicare patients, 23.8 percent of stays for Medicaid patients, and 22.7 percent of stays for uninsured patients.