Home Health Care

• Number of home health agencies: 12,200 (2016)
• Proportion of agencies with for-profit ownership: 80.6% (2016)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table V pdf icon[PDF – 5.6 MB]

• Number of patients who received and ended care any time during the year: 4.5 million (2015)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2015-2016, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table VIII pdf icon[PDF – 5.6 MB]

• National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servicesexternal icon
• National Association for Home Care and Hospiceexternal icon