Medical infographic
Hospice
Statistics on patients enrolled in hospice care
Hospice is a palliative care program for patients who want to live out their end outside of a hospital
Hospice is typically recommended by physicians and requested by patients only when it is clear that death is near and inevitable.
1.5 M
126%
Growth of hospice users
People enrolled
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Hospice Patients
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Age of hospice patients and average death after time enrolled in hospice care
Services Provided
Percent of how many hospice care facilities provide the service
99.9%
100%
Skilled nursing
Social work
Mental health or counseling
Physical, occupational, or speech therapy
97.4%
97.3%
Information from the NIH and CDC
From 1997 to 2006, the number of hospice users increased from 495,000 to 1.3 million.
This means that there was a 126% increase in users just over 10 years.
The percent distribution of a hospice patient's age
Most patients in hospice are over 65 years old, with only 4.8% of patients being under 65. Of the 95.2% of patients that are over 65, 18% are 65-74 years old, 30.2% are 75-84 years old, and 47% are 85 and older.
Bell curve of average time until death after a patient is enrolled in hospice
15.6% of patients die after seven days enrolled in hospice and 14.9% of patients live longer than 6 months. The remaining percent of patients lie in between these extremes. THe median is death after 36 days.
In 2020...
A total of 1,534,600 were enrolled in hospice.
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Medical infographic
Hospice
Statistics on patients enrolled in hospice care
Hospice is a palliative care program for patients who want to live out their end outside of a hospital
Hospice is typically recommended by physicians and requested by patients only when it is clear that death is near and inevitable.
1.5 M
126%
Growth of hospice users
People enrolled
+info
+info
Hospice Patients
+info
Age of hospice patients and average death after time enrolled in hospice care
Services Provided
Percent of how many hospice care facilities provide the service
99.9%
100%
Skilled nursing
Social work
Mental health or counseling
Physical, occupational, or speech therapy
97.4%
97.3%
Information from the NIH and CDC
From 1997 to 2006, the number of hospice users increased from 495,000 to 1.3 million.
This means that there was a 126% increase in users just over 10 years.
The percent distribution of a hospice patient's age
Most patients in hospice are over 65 years old, with only 4.8% of patients being under 65. Of the 95.2% of patients that are over 65, 18% are 65-74 years old, 30.2% are 75-84 years old, and 47% are 85 and older.
Bell curve of average time until death after a patient is enrolled in hospice
15.6% of patients die after seven days enrolled in hospice and 14.9% of patients live longer than 6 months. The remaining percent of patients lie in between these extremes. THe median is death after 36 days.
In 2020...
A total of 1,534,600 were enrolled in hospice.