Home Health Care
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Number of current patients: 1.4 million
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Current Home Health Care Patients, 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, Home Health Care Discharges, Tables 2, 13
More Data
- Home health care patients according to age, sex, and diagnosis: 1992-2000 Health, United States, 2005, Table 94
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