{"acf2caae-0773-4eb2-bb10-57a01b19e200": "jabramson", "b36780e0-cb72-4402-8bda-d3fd3a8925b0": "This article discusses how in the US, outpatient visits have climbed steadily, to nearly a million in 2019 alone. According to the CDC’s “Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care,” the past several decades have seen a “significant shift” in health care delivery from the acute, inpatient hospital setting to a variety of outpatient and community-based settings. More than three-fourths of all operations in the US are performed in settings outside the hospital."}