Chapter 7Hospice

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Number of Hospice Programs in the United States

1

1,5451,5291,8742,059

2,470

3,021 3,139 3,150 3,200

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1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500

1974 1989 1993 1997 2001

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Organizational Auspices of Hospices

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Number of Hospice Patients(of 2.4 million deaths in 2001, approximately 32% were

in hospice)

0

158186 210 246275340

540

700775

885

0100200300400500600700800900

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ds

1974 1990 1994 2001

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Profile of Hospice Patients

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Diagnoses of Hospice Patients

54%

10%

4%

7%

4.40%

15%

Dementia/Alzheimer's, 6%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%