Table 6. Home health agency services under Medicare for persons served, visits, total charges, and program payments, by type of agency and number of visits: Calendar year 1988.

Type of agency and number of visits	Persons served		Visits		Total charges		Program payments
	Number in thousands	Percent	Number in thousands	Percent	Amount in thousands	Percent	Amount in thousands	Percent
All agencies1
Total	1,602	100.0	37,713	100.0	$2,453,974	100.0	$1,945,768	100.0
1-9	665	41.5	3,224	8.5	226,752	9.2	179,243	9.2
10-19	393	24.5	5,441	14.4	374,228	15.2	295,772	15.2
20-29	190	11.9	4,557	12.1	306,762	12.5	243,067	12.5
30-39	105	6.6	3,590	9.5	237,638	9.7	189,145	9.7
40-49	66	4.1	2,898	7.7	189,231	7.7	150,033	7.7
50-99	118	7.4	8,057	21.4	515,507	21.0	408,035	21.0
100 and over	64	4.0	9,946	26.4	603,856	24.6	480,473	24.7
Visiting nurse association
Total	367	100.0	7,694	100.0	481,424	100.0	408,790	100.0
1-9	165	45.0	790	10.3	53,818	11.2	43,953	10.8
10-19	92	24.9	1,264	16.4	84,548	17.6	69,742	17.1
20-29	41	11.3	989	12.8	64,244	13.3	53,591	13.1
30-39	22	6.0	748	9.7	47,701	9.9	40,229	9.8
40-49	13	3.4	551	7.2	34,547	7.2	29.202	7.1
50-99	23	6.2	1,538	20.0	93,823	19.5	80,171	19.6
100 and over	12	3.2	1,814	23.6	102,744	21.3	91,903	22.5
Combined Government and voluntary
Total	11	100.0	200	100.0	11,287	100.0	9,996	100.0
1-9	6	50.2	28	13.8	1,710	15.2	1,471	14.7
10-19	3	23.2	36	18.1	2,171	19.2	1,882	18.8
20-29	1	11.8	32	15.9	1,892	16.8	1,631	16.3
30-39	1	5.4	21	10.4	1,159	10.3	1,027	10.3
40-49	0	2.5	12	6.2	712	6.3	625	6.3
50-99	1	4.9	38	19.0	2,063	18.3	1,835	18.4
100 and over	0	2.0	33	16.5	1,579	14.0	1,525	15.3
Government
Total	140	100.0	2,991	100.0	157,582	100.0	137,689	100.0
1-9	65	46.7	307	10.3	17,598	11.2	15,110	11.0
10-19	33	23.9	460	15.4	25,927	16.5	21,983	16.0
20-29	14	10.3	343	11.5	18,974	12.0	16,103	11.7
30-39	8	5.5	261	8.7	14,121	9.0	12,171	8.8
40-49	5	3.4	207	6.9	11,070	7.0	9,585	7.0
50-99	9	6.5	630	21.1	32,680	20.7	28,800	20.9
100 and over	5	3.8	784	26.2	37,212	23.6	33,937	24.6
Hospital-based
Total	412	100.0	8,388	100.0	$584,911	100.0	$468,309	100.0
1-9	184	44.7	900	10.7	68,212	11.7	53,916	11.5
10-19	104	25.2	1,435	17.1	106,170	18.2	84,015	17.9
20-29	48	11.5	1,138	13.6	81,843	14.0	65,575	14.0
30-39	25	6.1	855	10.2	60,400	10.3	48,610	10.4
40-49	15	3.6	657	7.8	45,604	7.8	36,658	7.8
50-99	25	6.1	1,696	20.2	114,568	19.6	92,509	19.8
100 and over	11	2.8	1,706	20.3	108,114	18.5	87,026	18.6
Proprietary
Total	425	100.0	12,606	100.0	837,566	100.0	625,968	100.0
1-9	146	34.4	714	5.7	50,927	6.1	38,153	6.1
10-19	99	23.3	1,384	11.0	96,498	11.5	72,448	11.6
20-29	55	13.0	1,331	10.6	90,732	10.8	68,216	10.9
30-39	33	7.8	1,140	9.0	76,551	9.1	57,594	9.2
40-49	23	5.4	1,008	8.0	67,099	8.0	50,279	8.0
50-99	43	10.1	2,923	23.2	192,265	23.0	143,384	22.9
100 and over	26	6.1	4,105	32.6	263,495	31.5	195,895	31.3
Private nonprofit
Total	227	100.0	5,467	100.0	355,931	100.0	275,242	100.0
1-9	90	39.6	445	8.1	31,692	8.9	24,479	8.9
10-19	58	25.4	801	14.6	54,610	15.3	42,364	15.4
20-29	28	12.3	672	12.3	45,290	12.7	35,027	12.7
30-39	15	6.8	526	9.6	34,953	9.8	27,381	9.9
40-49	10	4.3	431	7.9	27,877	7.8	21,882	8.0
50-99	17	7.5	1,163	21.3	75,346	21.2	57,674	21.0
100 and over	9	4.1	1,429	26.1	86,163	24.2	66,435	24.1

¹Includes rehabilitation facility and skilled nursing facility-based agencies not shown separately.

SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data are from the Medicare Decision Support System; data development by the Office of Research and Demonstrations.