The U.S. healthcare industry’s transition from in-hospital stays to more outpatient care is having a rippling affect throughout the commercial laundry industry.

Clinical innovations, patient preferences and government-program payment policies are prompting the shift, according to Deloitte’s “2019 U.S. and Global Health Care Industry Outlook.” The report calls it “a financial model that is based on value rather than volume,” and on “keeping people healthy and out of the hospital.”

Grand View Research Inc. reports that the global outpatient market is expected to reach $4.3 trillion by 2026. North America is the largest market and is expected to grow at ...