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. 1990 Winter;12(2):113–126.

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.