on January 24, 2012 |
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Topics: Service Lines, Neurosciences, Sleep, Spine, Planning, Strategy, Volume Growth, Service Line Growth
Emilia Thurber
Although neuroscience volumes have been one of the best areas of recent growth for hospitals, high growth for some procedures may not be sustained in future years. In fact, volumes for some neuroscience procedures are even predicted to decline in the hospital setting.
Across some services, the drop will result from a shift in site of service, migrating out of hospital settings. For example, the advent of portable sleep monitoring is pushing many hospital-based sleep services to the patient home. Even though total sleep study volumes are projected to increase 66% by 2020, hospital outpatient department (HOPD) volumes will decline by an estimated 12%.
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Dampened growth an important consideration for neuroscience strategic plans
