Hospice care

Statistics report on hospice care in the United States

Hospice care

This report presents some of the most interesting facts and figures about the hospice care sector in the United States. It is primarily based on data from the National Hospice and Palliative Organization. The report includes provider and patient key figures, distribution of payers, and top hospices.

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Providers and Medicare

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. long-term care providers with hospice services 2016
  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. hospice providers 2014-2021
  • Basic Statistic Value of top home care or hospice providers in the U.S. 2021
  • Premium Statistic Medicare spending for U.S. hospices 2014-2021
  • Basic Statistic Medicare spending share for U.S. hospices in 2018, by principal diagnosis

Patients

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  • Premium Statistic Number of hospice patients in the United States 2009-2021
  • Basic Statistic Gender distribution of U.S. hospice patients 2012-2018
  • Premium Statistic Share of Medicare decedents who used hospice in the U.S. 2017-2021, by age
  • Premium Statistic Share of Medicare decedents who used hospice in the U.S. 2019-2021, by race

Service and care

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  • Premium Statistic Average length of stay in hospice in the United States 2015-2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. hospice patients by lifetime length of stay 2021
  • Premium Statistic Level of care for hospice patient care days in the U.S. 2015-2021

Deficiences

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  • Basic Statistic Share of hospices that had a deficiency in the U.S. from 2012 to 2016
  • Premium Statistic Most common deficiencies among hospices for Medicare benificiaries U.S. 2012-2016
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. hospices with at least one deficiency from 2012 to 2016, by state

Death

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  • Basic Statistic Place of death in the U.S. in 2006, 2011 and 2016
  • Basic Statistic Place of death in the U.S. in 2016, by age
  • Premium Statistic Location of death among hospice patients in the U.S. 2018
  • Basic Statistic Number of hospice deaths in the U.S. 2019-2020, by principal diagnosis
  • Premium Statistic Distribution of hospice cases in the U.S. by principal diagnosis 2021
  • Basic Statistic COVID-19 deaths reported in the U.S. as of June 14, 2023, by place of death

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