title: Rethink outpatient surgery strategy? Study finds hospitals lose money on 56 procedures.
abstract: A new study reveals hospitals are losing an average of $268 on each Medicare patient who has outpatient surgery. Losses depend on procedures, ownership structure, and how often the particular type of surgery is performed.
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics*; D019985:Benchmarking; D003625:Data Collection; D017721:Hospital Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare; D010067:Ownership; D011907:Rate Setting and Review; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D013503:Surgery Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States