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Table 3. Hospice charges per Medicare hospice patient, by type of service and hospice: Fiscal years 1984-86.

Type of hospice and fiscal year	Average total charges	Type of service

		Routine home care	Continuous home care	Respite inpatient care	General inpatient care	Physician services
Total
1984	$1,843	$1,018	$176	$5	$611	$33
1985	2,202	1,258	139	5	770	30
1986	2,508	1,446	97	5	881	79
Freestanding
1984	1,415	955	120	1	309	30
1985	1,629	1,007	120	2	450	51
1986	1,922	1,328	107	3	441	43
Hospital-based
1984	2,364	1,474	136	18	671	64
1985	3,052	1,657	76	10	1,290	19
1986	3,238	1,915	88	14	1,198	23
Skilled nursing facility-based
1984	2,121	941	10	6	1,151	13
1985	3,443	1,497	31	7	1,898	10
1986	4,423	2,167	23	4	2,208	22
Home health agency-based
1984	2,155	874	340	3	992	27
1985	1,930	1,167	233	5	507	19
1986	2,353	1,527	110	7	666	43