Home Health Care

• Number of home health agencies: 11,500 (2018)
• Proportion of agencies with for-profit ownership: 82.0% (2018)

Source: Post-acute and Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017-2018, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table IX [PDF – 1.2 MB]

• Number of patients who received and ended care any time during the year: 4.9 million (2017)

Source: Post-acute and Long-term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States, 2017-2018, Appendix III. Detailed Tables, table IX [PDF – 1.2 MB]

• National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• National Association for Home Care and Hospice