grown enormously over the last several
decades. 2 Convenience, improved technology, and advanced techniques have
made surgery outside the hospital a feasible and less costly alternative.3 Over
eight million outpatient surgeries were performed in 2000,4 and by 2 005 it is
estimated that eighty percent of all surgeries will be performed in an outpatient
facility.5 One quarter of those outpatient surgeries will be performed in the
private physician’s office.6
While surgery has migrated to the…
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