Does ambulatory surgery improve 30-day outcomes and reduce costs compared to inpatient-based care in appropriately selected patients undergoing elective general surgery?
Ambulatory surgery provides cost savings and better 30-day outcomes for selected patients undergoing common elective general surgeries.
Ambulatory surgery offers significant costs savings and generally superior 30-day outcomes relative to inpatient-based care for appropriately selected patients across 4 common elective general surgery procedures.
Friedlander et al. (2019) studied this question.