Outpatient hospital visits bottomed out during the week of April 5th as communities made the decision to shelter-at-home and cancel or postpone all elective, non-emergent services. However, the updated analysis found that hospital outpatient visits were down just 31 percent the week ...
499) than in ASCs ($2,304). Costs for ear tympanostomies were 52 percent more in hospital outpatient departments ($2,525) compared to ASCs ($1,656), and clinical visits were 31 percent more expensive in hospital outpatient departments ($161) compared to doctor’s offices ($1...