Southern Indiana/National
Hospice Admission Statistics
Primary Diagnosis
>91-92 Southern Indiana Admissions
>97-98 Southern Indiana Admissions
National Averages 1994
Lung Cancer
35.8%
25%
23%
Colon Cancer
13%
10%
24%
Prostate Cancer
4.2%
6%
 
Breast Cancer
6%
2.5%
23%
Kidney/Bladder Cancer
4%
6.5%
4%
Leukemia/Lymphoma
6.6%
4%
1%
Ovarian Cancer
1%
4%
11%
Other Cancers
23.7%
33%
15%
Non-Cancer Diagnosis
5.7%
11%
16%

Southern Indiana Hospice
Source of Fee Payment

Year
Medicare
Medicaid*
Insurance
Charity
>97-98
68%
5%
23%
4%
>96-97
62%
5%
26%
6%
>95-96
70%
3%
23%
4%
>94-95
58%
5%
32%
5%
>93-94
58%
5%
32%
5%
>92-93
67%
0%
30%
3%
>91-92
65%
0%
27%
8%
*Medicaid Election introduced in 1997.
Southern Indiana Hospice Statistics
 

Year
Total Sample
Average Length of Stay
Average Age
>97-98
263
49
69.9
>93-94
>97-98
32.4
69
>92-93
>93-94
30.7
>65
>91-92
178
56.8
>65

National Hospice Statistics

Total Sample
Average Length of Stay
Average Age
123
45 days
75.5 years

References:

OV Hospice Administrative Manual. (1998). Deaconess Hospital, Evansville, Indiana.

National Hospice Organization (NHO). (1996). The Hospice Journal: Volume 11, Number 3 (pp. 33-41).
Haworth Press, Inc.

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