Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1994Medical technology and health care delivery have changed dramatically during the past 15 years. One of these changes has been a shift in location for many procedures from hospital inpatient settings to ambulatory settings in hospitals and freestanding centers. This report, "Ambulatory and Inpatient Procedures in the United States, 1994," provides general information about ambulatory and inpatient procedures performed in the United States in 1994. Data in this report include numbers and rates of procedures and discharges for ambulatory surgery patients and inpatients by sex, age, and geographic region. This report combines data collected from the 1994 National Hospital Discharge Survey and the 1994 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery. Data
Highlights: Keywords: Surgery, ICD-9-CM, National Hospital Discharge Survey, National Surgery of Ambulatory Surgery
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