Table 4. Percent of Medicare hospice patient using specified service, by type of service and hospice: Fiscal years 1984-85.
| Type of hospice and fiscal year | Type of service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Routine home care | Continuous home care | Respite inpatient care | General inpatient care | Physician services | |
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| Percent | |||||
| Total | |||||
| 1984 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 14 |
| 1985 | 89 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 13 |
| Freestanding | |||||
| 1984 | 96 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 11 |
| 1985 | 92 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 14 |
| Hospital-based | |||||
| 1984 | 91 | 10 | 3 | 31 | 21 |
| 1985 | 84 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 |
| Skilled nursing facility-based | |||||
| 1984 | 73 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 7 |
| 1985 | 79 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 11 |
| Home health agency-based | |||||
| 1984 | 81 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 18 |
| 1985 | 92 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 11 |
SOURCE: (Abt Associates, Inc., 1987).