Table 4. Percent of Home Health Users Ever Experiencing Selected Medical Conditions.
Medical Condition | Percent of Users With | Percent of All Users | |
---|---|---|---|
| |||
<100 Visits | >100 Visits | ||
Diabetes | *29 | *39 | 31 |
Alzheimer's | 9 | 3 | 8 |
Mental Disorder | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Osteoporosis | *16 | *23 | 17 |
Broken Hip | 7 | 2 | 6 |
Parkinson's Disease | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Emphysema | 22 | 18 | 21 |
Partial Paralysis | *8 | *15 | 9 |
Hardening of the Arteries | 24 | 22 | 24 |
Hypertension | 60 | 67 | 61 |
Myocardial Infarction | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Angina Pectoris | 14 | 10 | 13 |
Stroke | *16 | *25 | 18 |
Cancer Other Than Skin | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Significant at p < .05.
NOTE: These conditions are not necessarily the ones that initiated the home health episode.
SOURCE: Health Care Financing Administration, Office of the Actuary: Data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 1992.