In addition, a much smaller number of hospital executives projected major declines in the volume in orthopedic and general surgical procedures than in the July survey.
“Results clearly seem to suggest—for the first time since October 2008—stable hospital operating conditions and somewhat improving expectations,” the company stated.
The data came from Leerink Swann’s MEDACorp quarterly survey of 61 hospital administrators.
Read Leerink Swann’s release on hospital spending for 2009.
