An analysis conducted by Cedar Gate Technologies found that ambulatory surgical center rates of utilization increased by over 10 percent while inpatient surgery rates dropped by over 7 percent between 2019 and 2021.
The analysis took anonymous data of over 12 million commercial insurance members, Becker’s reports. Researchers found that while all surgical volume dropped at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March and April of 2020, when volumes recovered by June 2020, more surgeries were taking place in outpatient settings. Read more.
