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Home Health Care Statistics
According to the National Association for Home Care:
- Approximately 7.2 million people in the US require some form of home health care.
- More than 20,000 home health care providers exist today.
- Almost two-thirds of home health care recipients are women.
- Almost two-thirds of home health care recipients are over age 65.
- Conditions requiring home health care most frequently include heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and hypertension.
- Approximately 36 billion dollars was spent on home health care in 1999.
- Medicare is the largest single payer of home care services. In 1997, Medicare spending was approximately 40 percent of the total home health care expenditure.
