Here is a list of the number of ambulatory surgeries performed in the United States in 2006 (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand for procedures with volumes greater than 1 million) by facility type and location, according to the National Center for Health Statistics’ 2006 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery.
Facility type
Hospital-based — 30.8 million
Freestanding — 22.6 million
Facility region
Northeast — 8.0 million
Midwest — 12.6 million
South — 24.0 million
West — 8.7 million
Facility metropolitan status
Metropolitan area — 45.7 million
Non-metropolitan area — 7.6 million
Source: National Center for Health Statistics’ 2006 National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery, Revised Public Use Data File.
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