In 2021, 1.71 million Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in hospice services for one day or more in the United States. Hospices provide end-of-life medical care, pain management, as well as emotional and spiritual support. Hospice focuses on caring not curing. This statistic displays the total number of patients in the United States that were served through hospices from 2009 to 2021.
Number of Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021
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NHPCO. (December 13, 2023). Number of Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/339851/number-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us-per-year/
NHPCO. "Number of Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021." Chart. December 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/339851/number-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us-per-year/
NHPCO. (2023). Number of Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/339851/number-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us-per-year/
NHPCO. "Number of Medicare Beneficiaries Who Received Hospice Care in The U.S. from 2009 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/339851/number-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us-per-year/
NHPCO, Number of Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/339851/number-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us-per-year/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Number of Medicare beneficiaries who received hospice care in the U.S. from 2009 to 2021 [Graph], NHPCO, December 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/339851/number-of-hospice-patients-in-the-us-per-year/
