German doctors finally catch on to outpatient operations:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The number of outpatient operations performed in Germany doubled between 1991-1992 from 1.8 million to 3.5 million, according to latest statistics from the Federal Kassen Doctors Association (KBV). Although Health Minister Horst Seehofer has been promoting wider use of outpatient surgery since 1988, it has taken doctors and hospitals some years to come round to the idea, according to Arzte Zeitung.