- Ambulatory care and
outpatient care as terms are being used
interchangeably.
- Health care including
diagnosis, observation, treatment and
rehabilitation that is provided on an
outpatient basis.
- If the patient makes the
trip to the doctor's office or surgical center
without an overnight stay, it is considered
ambulatory care.
- Health care treatment
provided to a patient who is not confined in a
health care facility.
- Outpatient care includes
services that do not require an overnight
stay, such as emergency treatment, same-day
surgery, outpatient diagnostic tests, and
physician office visits.
- Many surgeries and
treatments are now provided on an outpatient
basis, while previously they had been
considered reason for inpatient
hospitalization.
- It is been argued that
outpatient care is the fastest growing segment
of healthcare in the US.
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