Our Market Scenario Planner tool presents up-to-date estimates of inpatient and outpatient volumes for customizable markets within the United States. The latest update, which includes volume estimates for the years 2023, 2028, and 2033, is now available. Both cardiac and vascular services will see significant growth in the outpatient setting over the next five years, especially outpatient electrophysiology. Despite the outpatient shift in some procedures, inpatient cardiac services are set for steady growth within the inpatient setting, at 5% volume growth over the next five years.

Two forces drive inpatient growth. An older and sicker population will increase volumes, but will also make delivering care more expensive. Similarly, technological advances in complex care will deliver high-revenue growth for specific patient populations, even as increasingly commoditized services shift to outpatient care or leave the hospital altogether.