Home Health Care
(Data are for U.S. for
year indicated)
Number of current patients: 1.4
million
Source:
2000 National Home and Hospice
Care Survey, Table 1
Number of discharges:
7.2 million
Average length of service: 69
days
Most common primary diagnosis:
heart disease, 13 percent of discharges
Source:
2000
National Home and Hospice
Care Survey, Tables 2, 13
More Data
Home health care patients according
to age, sex, and diagnosis: 1992-2000 Health, United States,
2005, Table 94
Related Links
National
Home and Hospice Care Survey
National
Association for Home Care
This page last reviewed
August 08, 2008
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