title: Ambulatory surgery offers quality, savings.
abstract: A hospital's ambulatory surgical center has eased census pressures on inpatient units and has offered patients and third-party payers substantial cost savings for high-quality care.
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D007087:Illinois; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*