Exhibit 1.

Characteristics Of Sampled Hospices, 2008-09

Characteristic		Number	Percent
Ownership
	Nonprofit	283	48
	For-profit	285	48
	Government/other	23	4
Hospice is a member of a chain		85	14
Hospice is vertically integrated		143	24
Census region
New England/Mid-Atlantic		68	12
East/West North Central		161	28
South Atlantic		96	16
East/West South Central		163	27
Mountain and Pacific		103	17

	Median	SD
Daily census (patients per day)	46.5	179.9
Years providing hospice care	12.0	9.9
Percent of patients in nursing home	21.4	21.0

SOURCE National Hospice Survey, 2008-09. NOTES N = 591. SD is standard deviation.