Which demographic group is reported as less likely to attend ASC?

• A. African-Americans
• B. Caucasians
• C. Asians
• D. Hispanics

Answer: (A)

When looking at who uses ambulatory surgery centers, access and utilization often vary by race and ethnicity. African-Americans are reported as being less likely to attend ASC settings than other groups. This reflects broader health-disparity factors such as higher uninsured or underinsured rates, payer mix limitations (since many ASCs have specific insurance requirements), transportation and geographic barriers, and differences in referral patterns or trust. These barriers can steer patients toward hospital-based outpatient departments for similar procedures, leading to the observed lower attendance at ASCs for this group.

Other groups may have different access patterns in various settings, but the data referenced indicate African-Americans as the group with the lower ASC attendance in this context.