Home Health Care Statistics
Here are the latest statistics available from the National Association for Home Care and Hospice:
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Approximately 12 million people in the U.S. require some form of home health care.
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More than 33,000 home health care providers exist today.
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Almost two-thirds (63.8 percent) of home health care recipients are women.
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More than two-thirds (69.1 percent) of home health care recipients are over age 65.
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Conditions requiring home health care most frequently include diabetes, heart failure, chronic ulcer of the skin, osteoarthritis, and hypertension.
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Approximately $72.2 billion was projected to be spent on home health care in 2009.
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Medicare is the largest single payer of home care services. In 2009, Medicare spending was approximately 41 percent of the total home health care and hospice expenditure.
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