Home Health
Hospice Care Statistics
According to the National Association for Home Care:
- There are more than 2,200 hospices participating in the Medicare program in the US, with an additional 400 volunteer hospices.
- In 1998, almost 540,000 patients received hospice care through Medicare or
Medicaid programs.
- Most hospice patients are age 65 or older. Almost as many males as females are hospice patients, and most hospice patients are married.
- The most common terminal illnesses among hospice patients is lung cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.
This page was last updated on: February 15, 2008.
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