Editing Surgery (section)

===United States===
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In 2011, of the 38.6&nbsp;million hospital stays in U.S. hospitals, 29% included at least one operating room procedure. These stays accounted for 48% of the total $387&nbsp;billion in hospital costs.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Characteristics of Operating Room Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2011. | journal = HCUP Statistical Brief No. 170 | date = February 2014 | pmid = 24716251 | url = http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb170-Operating-Room-Procedures-United-States-2011.jsp | url-status = live | publisher = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | df = dmy-all | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140328234122/http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb170-Operating-Room-Procedures-United-States-2011.jsp | archive-date = 28 March 2014 | last1 = Weiss | first1 = A. J. | last2 = Elixhauser | first2 = A. | last3 = Andrews | first3 = R. M. }}</ref>

The overall number of procedures remained stable from 2001 to 2011. In 2011, over 15 million operating room procedures were performed in U.S. hospitals.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Trends in Operating Room Procedures in U.S. Hospitals, 2001–2011 | journal = HCUP Statistical Brief No. 171 | date = March 2014 | pmid = 24851286 | url = http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb171-Operating-Room-Procedure-Trends.jsp | url-status = live | publisher = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | df = dmy-all | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140328235555/http://hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb171-Operating-Room-Procedure-Trends.jsp | archive-date = 28 March 2014 | last1 = Weiss | first1 = A. J. | last2 = Elixhauser | first2 = A. }}</ref>

Data from 2003 to 2011 showed that U.S. hospital costs were highest for the surgical service line; the surgical service line costs were $17,600 in 2003 and projected to be $22,500 in 2013.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Trends and Projections in Inpatient Hospital Costs and Utilization, 2003–2013 | journal = HCUP Statistical Brief No. 175 | date = July 2014 | pmid = 25165806 | url = https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb175-Hospital-Cost-Utilization-Projections-2013.jsp | url-status = live | publisher = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | df = dmy-all | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140803212302/http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb175-Hospital-Cost-Utilization-Projections-2013.jsp | archive-date = 3 August 2014 | last1 = Weiss | first1 = A. J. | last2 = Barrett | first2 = M. L. | last3 = Steiner | first3 = C. A. }}</ref> For hospital stays in 2012 in the United States, private insurance had the highest percentage of surgical expenditure.<ref name="Moore B, Levit K and Elixhauser A">{{cite journal | title = Costs for Hospital Stays in the United States, 2012 | journal = HCUP Statistical Brief No. 181 | date = October 2014 | pmid = 25521003 | url = https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb181-Hospital-Costs-United-States-2012.jsp | url-status = live | publisher = Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality | df = dmy-all | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129104404/https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb181-Hospital-Costs-United-States-2012.jsp | archive-date = 29 November 2014 | last1 = Moore | first1 = B. | last2 = Levit | first2 = K. | last3 = Elixhauser | first3 = A. }}</ref> in 2012, mean hospital costs in the United States were highest for surgical stays.<ref name="Moore B, Levit K and Elixhauser A"/>