Most patients who underwent cataract surgery from 2001 to 2014 did so at an ASC compared with a hospital outpatient department, according to a study.
Of 369,320 patients included in the retrospective longitudinal cohort analysis, 237,046 (64.2%) underwent cataract surgery at an ASC compared with 136,261 (36.9%) who underwent the procedure at a hospital outpatient department; 3,987 patients (1.1%) underwent surgery at both locations.
Seventy-three percent of procedures were performed at ASCs in 2014, up from 43.6% in 2001.
Older age reduced the likelihood of patients receiving cataract surgery at
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