Outpatient Services and Infection Prevention: An Introduction [Part 1]

From 2000 to 2023, there was a marked shift from overnight care to outpatient services. During these decades, outpatient visits went up by 31%, and accounted for 28% of commercial healthcare spending. These statistics  brought to mind the issue of infection in other outpatient settings and inspired the topic of this series, “Outpatient Services and...

• Published date: 03-08-2026 08:13 PM