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Table 1. Medicare hospice benefit payment rates and services covered, by category: April 1, 1986.

Category	Rate	Services covered
General inpatient	$281 per diem	Inpatient routine care; ancillary services (oxygen, laboratory, pharmacy, etc.)
Inpatient respite	$65.33 per diem	Inpatient (skilled nursing care) routine care; drugs, supplies, equipment, and interdisciplinary group.
Routine home care	$63.17 per diem	Nursing, home health, social service/therapy, home respite, interdisciplinary group, drugs, supplies, equipment, and outpatient hospital therapy.
Continuous home care	$15.36 per hour ($368.67 per diem maximum; $122.88 minimum)	Nursing, therapy, drugs, supplies, equipment, and interdisciplinary group.