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Outpatient Care Expansion Comes Under Scrutiny
Even the most ardent proponents of outpatient care say its pace of growth may slow, depending on a community's need for integrated care and specific demand for multidisciplinary approaches.
The key to continuous growth of ambulatory services at hospitals is not so much in ambulatory surgery and other specific services, but rather in incorporating a multi-disciplinary group practice as an integral part of the hospital, as proposed by the Committee on the Cost of Medical Care back in the 1930's.