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Disparities in the use of ambulatory surgical centers: a cross sectional study
BMC Health Services Research, 07/22/09

Strope SA et al. – Patients of lower socioeconomic status treated with outpatient surgery are significantly less likely to have their procedures in ASCs, suggesting that less resourced patients are encountering higher cost burdens for care. Thus, the most economically vulnerable group is unnecessarily subject to higher charges for surgery.

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