Hospice Care
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of current patients: 106,000
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Current Hospice Care Patients, Table 1
- Number of discharges: 621,000
- Average length of service: 47 days
- Most common primary diagnosis: cancer, 58% of discharges
Source: Characteristics of Hospice Care Discharges and Their Length of Service, 2000, Tables 1, 7
More Data
- Hospice patients according to age, sex, and diagnosis: 1992-2000 Health, United States, 2005, Table 95
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