title: Ambulatory surgery outcomes: a survey of office-based delivery.
abstract: Due to a few well-publicized stories about patient injury and death, office-based ambulatory surgery has recently been thrust upon the forefront of current discussions about clinical outcomes. This has stimulated interest among ambulatory surgery stakeholders, including physicians, patients, and elected officials. An analysis of medical office-based surgical facilities in Florida indicates that office-based surgeons tend to work independently, with limited peer oversight, although as a whole, they professionally subscribe to a high level of ethical standards and offer patients an expected high quality level of clinical expertise. The results did not definitively indicate a relationship between unaccredited medical offices and unacceptable surgical procedures. The paper concludes by offering fifteen medical office standards that can aid in developing office surgery oversight policies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Professions, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Liberman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rotarius
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kury
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005431:Florida; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008007:Licensure, Medical; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D010824:Physicians' Offices / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011635:Public Health Administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012308:Risk Management