Our Market Scenario Planner tool provides current and projected inpatient and outpatient volume estimates for any geographic area in the United States. This year's annual update providing 2022−2027−2032 volume estimates is now live. Access the tool  here to see volume estimates for your market and read on for the top takeaways from this year's updates.

Takeaway 1: Volume growth will be concentrated in outpatient settings.

As volumes continue to rebound from pandemic levels, our market scenario planning tool projects that growth will occur mainly in the outpatient setting.

We expect outpatient volume to increase 10% by 2027 and 18.7% by 2032. Meanwhile, inpatient volume is expected to decline 0.7% by 2027 and grow 0.9% by 2032.