Hospice Care
Data are for the U.S.
Hospice care agencies
- Number of hospice care agencies: 4,300 (2016)
- Proportion of hospice care agencies with for-profit ownership: 63.0% (2016)
Hospice patients
- Number of patients: 1.4 million (2015)
More Data
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Long-Term Care Services in the United States: 2013 State Web Tables and Maps pdf icon[PDF – 3.4 MB]
- Older Person’s Health
Related Links
- Adult Day Services Centers
- Home Health Care
- National Study of Long-Term Care Providers
- Nursing Home Care
- Residential Care Communities
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servicesexternal icon
- Hospice Foundation of Americaexternal icon
- National Association for Home Care and Hospiceexternal icon
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organizationexternal icon
Page last reviewed: February 6, 2015
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics