High demand for outpatient care is driving growth in the medical office building sector. Health systems are increasingly looking to buy or rent medical offices to provide more complex procedures outside of the hospital, according to a new report from real estate management firm JLL. The medical office space is poised to continue to grow as providers aim to lower costs, boost patient satisfaction and treat more patients, JLL researchers said. “Health systems want to take lower acuity services off their hospital campuses and into a lower cost environment so they can backfill hospitals with higher value, higher acuity beds and services,” Matthew Coursen, JLL’s Mid-Atlantic healthcare market leader, said.
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Source: https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/medical-office-construction-jll