How to set up an Office-based Surgical Suite: A Case Study Guide

Abstract

Surgeries continue to move from more expensive, high-acuity facilities to less expensive, low-acuity facilities, prioritizing outpatient surgical care over inpatient care whenever possible for elective surgeries. Following the spirit of surgical cases moving from high-cost to low-cost centers exemplified by the increasing number and type of cases being moved from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), there is now an increasing movement of surgical specialties to the office setting. This review provides an itemized, data-driven framework for establishing an office-based surgery (OBS) suite inside a standard procedure room.