title: Is ambulatory surgery less expensive?
abstract: To determine whether an inhospital or a freestanding ambulatory surgery program can contain costs for its community, a hospital must analyze a variety of considerations.
mesh_terms: D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008824:Michigan; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000191:economics*