As the healthcare sector gets closer to full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, many hospital executives believe more admissions will shift from the inpatient setting to outpatient this year, according to Premier healthcare alliance's spring 2013 economic outlook.
Premier surveyed 530 hospital C-suite members and other hospital managers, and only 35 percent projected an increase in inpatient volumes this year, down 30 percent from last year's predictions. Conversely, 69 percent of respondents said they expected outpatient volumes to increase this year.
Forty-three percent of hospital executives also believe health information technology will continue to be the largest capital investment in their sector over the next year, in an attempt to keep up with healthcare reform.
Premier surveyed 530 hospital C-suite members and other hospital managers, and only 35 percent projected an increase in inpatient volumes this year, down 30 percent from last year's predictions. Conversely, 69 percent of respondents said they expected outpatient volumes to increase this year.
Forty-three percent of hospital executives also believe health information technology will continue to be the largest capital investment in their sector over the next year, in an attempt to keep up with healthcare reform.
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