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and costly than new construction .
Over time , additions can incrementally be added to this facility in order to provide higher acuity services , like outpatient surgery , avoiding the need to build a separate outpatient surgery facility . Space can still be shared ; for example , the primary care exam room can also be used as a pre-op or PACU overflow for the surgical suites . During off-peak hours , the waiting room can be used for group meetings , nutrition counseling and other health education presentations .
Shared ambulatory spaces require a flexible scheduling approach , so multi-use spaces must be large enough to accommodate several different functions . While the initial cost of such spaces might be higher , it will still be less costly to build fewer multi-use spaces than to build more single-use spaces .
Another reason to build larger multipurpose rooms is the greater ease
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