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Hospice Care

Data are for the U.S.

Hospice care agencies

Number of hospice care agencies: 4,000 (2014)
Proportion of hospice care agencies with for-profit ownership: 60.2% (2014)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States: Data From the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013-2014, table 1 [PDF - 5.6 MB]

Hospice patients

Number of patients: 1.3 million (2013)

Source: Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States: Data From the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013-2014, table 1 [PDF - 5.6 MB]

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