Expired = Patient died in home, medical facility, or place unknown.
Still Patient = Patient is still using hospice care at the end of 2023. Hospice live discharges include hospice discharges with a discharge disposition of 鈥淗ome鈥 or 鈥淥ther.鈥
Home = Discharged to home/self-care.
Other = All other live discharge dispositions. Totals may not sum to 100 percent due to rounding.聽
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Share of Medicare hospice stays that were live discharges 2023
Among Medicare hospice users in 2023, nearly 14 percent were live discharges, with 12 percent being discharged to home or self-care. Meanwhile, one in five were still using hospice care at the end of 2023, while 65 percent of hospice patients died.
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Research Institute for Home Care. (January 15, 2025). Discharge disposition of hospice stays in the United States among Medicare beneficiaries in 2023 [Graph]. In 糖心破解版. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1551796/discharge-disposition-of-us-hospice-stays/
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Discharge disposition of hospice stays in the United States among Medicare beneficiaries in 2023 [Graph], Research Institute for Home Care, January 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1551796/discharge-disposition-of-us-hospice-stays/
