Abstract
This survey investigates the development of day surgery in China, and analyzes the national policy support, medical service management model, disease types of day surgery, medical insurance payment methods, and the medical service capacity, efficiency, quality and safety, health economics indicators, and patient satisfaction after the implementation of day surgery in a tertiary eye hospital. After more than 20 years of development, China's day surgery has shown a good development trend. The implementation of day surgery in eye hospitals accounts for more than 70% of elective surgery, and patients, medical institutions, and medical insurance institutions have all achieved good social benefits.