Home Health Care
Data are for the U.S.
Home health agencies
- Number of home health agencies: 11,400 (2020)
- Proportion of agencies with for-profit ownership: 83.5% (2020)
Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 1
Patients
- Number of patients who received and ended care any time during the year: 3.0 million (2020)
Source: Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States, Table 4
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More Data
- Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States: Data From the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2015-2016 [PDF – 1.1 MB]
- Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States-State Estimates Supplement: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2015-2016 [PDF – 3.4 MB]