The best benefit of outpatient care, by far, is cost. Going into the hospital and having an overnight stay costs a lot of money and time. If you could accomplish the same thing with a simple visit to your primary care physician and achieve the same results, why wouldn’t you do that? The tests will likely cost what they’re going to cost, but there’s no reason to run extras simply because you’re there, sitting in a hospital bed. For most, outpatient care targets the issue and allows the doctor to rule out other ailments and pinpoint the real issue in much less time for much less money. If you were to, for example, have an overnight stay to assess your low-grade insomnia and find ways to address it, you’d end up paying thousands of dollars for the observation, and for the same tests that your doctor would likely have you conduct on your own or with a trusted loved one.
Rather than over-complicate your care and force you to pay more for it, outpatient care provides a wide array of options that cost less and are more simple and elegant in nature.