Nordics and UK lead Europe on outpatient surgery
The Nordics and the UK lead the way in shifting hospital care to outpatient and day case treatments while DACH and CEE have a lot of catching up to do. This week’s infographic is a redacted version of a larger analysis piece available to subscribers.
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The map below shows each country’s average proportion of patients treated as day cases or outpatients across 17 procedure groups, for 2018, using OECD data. Click here for a more detailed version of this article and infographic with charts for each procedure, available to subscribers.
The procedures analysed include cataract surgery, hip and knee replacements, appendectomies cholecystectomies, hysterectomies and repair of inguinal hernias (with the laparoscopic and open types of the latter two counted separately). Bear in mind the average figure is not weighted by the volume of surgery done.
Denmark is a clear leader with an average outpatient rate of 42%, while the rest of the UK and Nordics (including Iceland) score an impressive 27-30%. France is not far behind at 23.4%, while Ireland, Belgium, Spain and Estonia score 16-21%. Countries lagging in the mid single digits are Germany, Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania.
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