Characteristics of Elderly Home Health Care Users: Data From the 1996 National Home and Hospice Care Survey Advance Data 309. Characteristics of Elderly Home Health Care Users: Data From the 1996 National Home and Hospice Care Survey. 12 pp. (PHS) 2000-1250View/download PDF 93 KB During 1996, there were an estimated 1.75 million elderly people age 65 years and over using home health care services, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics. "Characteristics of Elderly Home Health Care Users: Data From the National Home and Hospice Care Survey" presents demographic characteristics, service utilization, and care received by current home health care patients and those discharged in 1996. When both the current patients and discharge samples were examined by individual demographic characteristics, the majority were women (70 percent), 75-84 years old (47 percent), white (69 percent), widowed (47 percent), living in private residences (92 percent). Data Highlights: Keywords: National Home and Hospice Care Survey, current patients, discharges
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