Table 8. Number of home health agencies under Medicare, by type of agency and State of provider: Calendar year 1989.
| State of provider | Total | Visiting nurse association | Combined Government and voluntary agency | Home health agency | Rehabilitation based agency | Hospital based agency | Skilled nursing facility based agency | Proprietary | Private nonprofit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All areas | 5,657 | 478 | 45 | 974 | 8 | 1,466 | 102 | 1,870 | 714 |
| United States | 5,610 | 474 | 44 | 971 | 8 | 1,461 | 102 | 1,870 | 680 |
| Northeast | 845 | 256 | 5 | 94 | 1 | 174 | 39 | 194 | 82 |
| North Central | 1,694 | 112 | 24 | 399 | 5 | 467 | 29 | 454 | 204 |
| South | 2,224 | 49 | 11 | 403 | 2 | 516 | 13 | 929 | 301 |
| West | 847 | 57 | 4 | 75 | 0 | 304 | 21 | 293 | 93 |
| New England | 333 | 171 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 64 | 36 |
| Connecticut | 103 | 49 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 4 |
| Maine | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| Massachusetts | 140 | 71 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 18 |
| New Hampshire | 38 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vermont | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Middle Atlantic | 512 | 85 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 145 | 35 | 130 | 46 |
| New Jersey | 57 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| New York | 196 | 18 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 55 | 31 | 20 | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 259 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 4 | 104 | 32 |
| East North Central | 944 | 90 | 10 | 171 | 2 | 204 | 13 | 314 | 140 |
| Illinois | 246 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 79 | 33 |
| Indiana | 134 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 52 | 10 |
| Michigan | 161 | 12 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 46 |
| Ohio | 249 | 27 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 83 | 38 |
| Wisconsin | 154 | 13 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 43 | 13 |
| West North Central | 750 | 22 | 14 | 228 | 3 | 263 | 16 | 140 | 64 |
| Iowa | 153 | 11 | 3 | 87 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
| Kansas | 127 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 22 | 15 |
| Minnesota | 194 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 0 | 54 | 9 | 44 | 15 |
| Missouri | 182 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 48 | 23 |
| Nebraska | 43 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 33 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| South Dakota | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| South Atlantic | 803 | 31 | 1 | 155 | 1 | 146 | 7 | 324 | 138 |
| Delaware | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| District of Columbia | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Florida | 225 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 138 | 45 |
| Georgia | 71 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 18 |
| Maryland | 82 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 28 | 12 |
| North Carolina | 127 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 28 |
| South Carolina | 45 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 |
| Virginia | 167 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 70 | 7 |
| West Virginia | 56 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| East South Central | 566 | 6 | 9 | 165 | 0 | 105 | 4 | 220 | 57 |
| Alabama | 117 | 2 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 12 |
| Kentucky | 103 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 35 | 10 |
| Mississippi | 76 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 15 |
| Tennessee | 270 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 144 | 20 |
| West South Central | 855 | 12 | 1 | 83 | 1 | 265 | 2 | 385 | 106 |
| Arkansas | 158 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 12 | 25 |
| Louisiana | 173 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 104 | 15 |
| Oklahoma | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 9 |
| Texas | 445 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 129 | 0 | 241 | 57 |
| Mountain | 368 | 17 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 127 | 11 | 110 | 45 |
| Arizona | 56 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 10 |
| Colorado | 107 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 32 | 20 |
| Idaho | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Montana | 43 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Nevada | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 |
| New Mexico | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 8 |
| Utah | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 29 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pacific | 479 | 40 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 177 | 10 | 183 | 48 |
| Alaska | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| California | 336 | 34 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 109 | 7 | 152 | 23 |
| Hawaii | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Oregon | 59 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| Washington | 58 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| Other areas | 47 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Puerto Rico | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Virgin Islands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SOURCE: Health Care Fianncing Administration, Bureau of Data Management and Strategy: Data from the Medicare Decision Support System; data development by the Office of Research and Demonstrations.