Hospice Care Statistics
Hospice Care Statistics
According to the National Association for Home Care:
- There are more than 2,200 hospices participating in the Medicare program in the US, with an additional 200 volunteer hospices.
- Recent reports show that more than 570,000 patients received hospice care through Medicare or Medicaid programs each year.
- Nearly 80 percent of hospice patients are age 65 or older. Almost as many males as females are hospice patients, and most hospice patients are married.
- The most common terminal illness among hospice patients is cancer.
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