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Number of Hospice Programs in the United States
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1,5451,5291,8742,059
2,470
3,021 3,139 3,150 3,200
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1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500
1974 1989 1993 1997 2001
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Organizational Auspices of Hospices
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Number of Hospice Patients(of 2.4 million deaths in 2001, approximately 32% were
in hospice)
0
158186 210 246275340
540
700775
885
0100200300400500600700800900
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1974 1990 1994 2001