Table and Figure Descriptions:
Table 8.1a - Number of Hospices, Number of Persons, Covered Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Hospice Services Used by Medicare Beneficiaries: Calendar Years 1993-2005
Table 8.1b - Number of Hospices, Number of Persons, Covered Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Hospice Services Used by Medicare Beneficiaries: Calendar Years 1993-2006
Table 8.2a - Number of Persons, Covered Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Hospice Services by Demographic Characteristics: Calendar Year 2005
Table 8.2b - Number of Persons, Covered Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Hospice Services by Demographic Characteristics: Calendar Year 2006
Table 8.3a - Number of Hospices, Number of Persons, Covered Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Hospice Services Used by Medicare Beneficiaries, by Area of Residence: Calendar Year 2005
Table 8.3b - Number of Hospices, Number of Persons, Covered Days of Care, Total Charges, and Program Payments for Hospice Services Used by Medicare Beneficiaries, by Area of Residence: Calendar Year 2006
Figure 8.1 - Trends in Medicare Hospice Benefit Program Payments: Calendar Years 1986-2005