Trends in outpatient versus inpatient urologic surgery at a university academic medical center

Abstract

Purpose of reviewTo analyze trends in outpatient and inpatient urologic surgeries at a large university academic medical center and test the hypothesis that the proportion of outpatient surgeries has been increasing as compared to inpatient surgeries in urology. Recent findingsWe analyzed a total of 33,054 claims for urologic surgeries at a large university academic medical center from 2010 to 2020, of which 23.2% met inpatient criteria (n ¼ 7695), whereas 76.7% were outpatient (n ¼ 25,359). Although outpatient claims increased yearly by an average of 24%, inpatient claims increased yearly by an average of only 1%. Over the same period, Medicare-specific outpatient claims mirrored these trends, and Medicare-specific inpatient claims decreased.