August 2024 Utilization Report

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All except one of the focus utilization metrics saw an increase in volumes going from July to August 2024 compared to 2020 pre-COVID  baselines. Psychiatric admissions present the biggest jump in numbers going from -29% below the baseline in July, to -23% in August. Comparatively, ambulatory surgeries changed going from 1% to 3% over the baseline in July and August respectively. Acute care admissions also saw a slight increase in volumes from July to August going from -16% to -14% below the baseline, while observation admissions volumes also increased going from -13% below in July to -11% in August. Emergency department visits is the sole metric with declining volumes going from -25% below baseline in July to -27% in August.

Although psychiatric admissions remain below the median in August, there is an uptick in volumes starting in July 2024. This is depicted in Table 7 of the report with all but one hospital showing an increase in volumes in August 2024. Conversely, involuntary admissions went down compared to last month’s volumes.