title: Free-standing surgery centers; the wave of the future.
abstract: To summarize, it should be realized that acceptance of surgicenters has happened. Surgery centers expect heightened awareness of their services as patients, in conjunction with their own physicians, make decisions based on cost, service, and convenience of the care provided. As copayments and deductibles increase, consumers have become better educated, taking a more active role in selecting their health care providers. This activity has given rise to joint ventures between physicians and hospitals offering new ambulatory care packages previously based in hospitals alone. The net effect will divide the health care industry into two markets, one that will manage high-intensity surgical procedures and one that will promote outpatient surgical procedures.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Lynch
mesh_terms: D006761:Hospitals; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States