Table 17. Medicare home health services for the aged: Persons served, visits, and charges by age: 1977 and 1980.

Year and age	Number of enrollees1	Users		Visits			Charges
		Number	Per 1,000 enrollees	Number	Per user	Per 1,000 enrollees	Total 2	Amount	Visit charges Per visit	Per user
1980
All ages	25,515	888.2	34.8	20,621	23.2	808	$707,125	$674,840	$33	$760
65-66	3,572	48.3	13.5	1,084	22.4	303	38,416	36,533	34	756
67-68	3,335	59.1	17.7	1,324	22.4	397	46,868	44,622	34	755
69-70	3,050	66.1	21.7	1,515	22.9	497	52,694	50,263	33	761
71-72	2,798	72.6	25.9	1,665	22.9	595	57,826	55,185	33	760
73-74	2,459	77.3	31.4	1,789	23.1	727	62,061	59,244	33	766
75-79	4,809	203.1	42.2	4,758	23.4	989	163,443	156,328	33	770
80-84	3,081	183.5	59.6	4,261	23.2	1,383	144,418	138,222	32	753
85 or over	2,410	178.1	73.9	4,226	23.7	1,753	141,399	134,442	32	755
1977
All ages	23,838	642.9	27.0	14,332	22.3	601	375,769	355,178	25	552
65-66	3,349	36.9	11.0	782	21.2	234	21,012	19,810	25	537
67-68	3,150	44.2	14.0	976	22.1	310	26,330	24,796	25	561
69-70	2,932	49.6	16.9	1,079	21.8	368	28,771	27,796	26	560
71-72	2,585	54.0	20.9	1,202	22.3	465	31,993	30,295	25	561
73-74	2,310	57.2	24.8	1,267	22.2	548	33,661	31,943	25	558
75-79	4,463	146.1	32.7	3,284	22.5	736	86,208	81,736	25	559
80-84	2,963	134.4	45.4	3,004	22.4	1,014	77,559	73,482	24	547
85 or over	2,086	117.1	56.1	2,681	22.9	1,285	68,630	64,325	24	549

¹Counts of aged persons enrolled in the hospital insurance and/or supplementary medical insurance programs as of July 1.

²Includes charges for durable medical equipment and supplies in addition to visit charges.

NOTE: Based on a 40-percent sample of enrollees.

SOURCES: Callahan (1981) and unpublished data.