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205. Home Health and Hospice Care Agencies, by SelectedCharacteristics
[In percent, except as indicated (8.0 represents 8,000). Based on theNational Home and Hospice Care Surveys. Home health careis provided to individuals and families in their
place ofresidence. Hospice care is available in both the home and inpatientsettings. Prior to 1996, agencies which provide both types of care were classifiedaccording to how the
majority of their patients were cared for. See source for details.NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and
Pennsylvania.MIDWEST: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.WEST: Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii]
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CURRENT PATIENTS 1
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DISCHARGES 2
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Agencies,
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AGENCY CHARACTERISTIC
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total
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Home health
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Hospice
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Home health
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Hospice
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Total
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care
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care
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Total
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care
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care
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1992
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Total (1,000)
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8.0
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1,284.2
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1,232.2
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52.1
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3,273.3
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3,054.0
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219.3
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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Ownership:
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Proprietary
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34.0
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27.1
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27.8
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10.5
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24.4
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25.6
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6.3
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Voluntary nonprofit
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48.0
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61.1
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60.2
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86.2
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68.3
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66.7
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91.4
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Government and other
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18.0
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11.7
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12.1
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3.3
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7.3
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7.7
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2.4
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Certification:
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Medicare
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82.2
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91.4
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91.4
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92.3
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96.4
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96.6
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93.5
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Medicaid
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82.4
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91.8
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92.0
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86.1
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93.5
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93.9
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87.0
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Region:
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Northeast
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22.1
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32.3
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32.3
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34.1
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31.7
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31.9
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29.0
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Midwest
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29.8
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21.0
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21.1
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19.7
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19.5
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19.3
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21.5
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South
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33.9
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34.2
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34.2
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33.0
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29.2
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29.2
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30.4
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West
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14.2
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12.5
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12.4
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13.2
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19.6
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19.6
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19.1
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1993
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Total (1,000)
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8.4
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1,501.3
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1,451.2
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50.1
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3,945.1
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3,688.0
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257.2
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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Ownership:
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Proprietary
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33.1
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26.5
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27.1
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8.3
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23.5
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24.7
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7.6
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Voluntary nonprofit
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48.5
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60.1
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59.1
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90.8
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67.4
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65.7
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91.1
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Government and other
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18.4
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13.4
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13.8
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0.9
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9.1
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9.6
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1.3
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Certification:
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Medicare
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81.5
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89.9
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89.6
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86.5
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95.9
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96.1
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89.4
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Medicaid
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80.4
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90.6
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90.5
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80.1
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93.2
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93.5
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82.5
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Region:
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Northeast
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21.8
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34.5
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34.8
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23.7
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33.4
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34.0
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25.2
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Midwest
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28.3
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18.7
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18.5
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25.7
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20.0
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19.5
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26.9
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South
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35.7
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33.3
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33.3
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33.9
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26.6
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26.3
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31.1
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West
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14.3
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13.5
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13.4
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16.6
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20.0
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20.3
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16.8
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1994
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Total (1,000)
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10.9
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1,950.3
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1,889.4
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61.0
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5,600.2
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5,272.2
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328.0
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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Ownership:
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Proprietary
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40.2
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29.7
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30.3
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11.0
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26.9
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28.0
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10.2
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Voluntary nonprofit
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42.0
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59.8
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59.0
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86.3
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66.6
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65.4
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87.0
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Government and other
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17.8
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10.5
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10.7
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2.7
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6.4
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6.7
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2.8
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Certification:
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Medicare
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79.9
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88.1
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88.0
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92.8
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95.0
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95.1
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92.9
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Medicaid
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79.5
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88.2
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88.1
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90.0
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91.6
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91.7
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90.9
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Region:
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Northeast
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18.0
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33.4
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33.7
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25.2
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36.9
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37.1
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33.5
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Midwest
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26.8
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19.5
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19.4
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23.4
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20.4
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20.2
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22.4
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South
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41.1
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34.0
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34.0
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34.2
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26.8
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26.7
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29.8
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West
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14.0
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13.1
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12.9
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17.2
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15.9
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16.0
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14.3
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1996
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Total (1,000)
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13.5
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2,486.8
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2,427.5
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59.4
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8,168.9
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7,775.7
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393.2
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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Ownership:
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Proprietary
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54.3
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40.9
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41.6
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11.0
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31.1
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32.0
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13.3
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Voluntary nonprofit
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34.3
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49.9
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49.0
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84.6
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61.5
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60.3
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85.2
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Government and other
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11.4
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9.2
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9.3
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4.4
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7.4
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7.7
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1.5
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Certification:
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Medicare
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88.2
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92.5
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92.4
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96.8
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95.3
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95.3
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95.3
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Medicaid
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86.0
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93.6
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93.6
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93.8
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95.7
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95.8
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94.3
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Region:
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Northeast
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15.0
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26.2
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26.5
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15.0
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29.7
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30.2
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18.2
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Midwest
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27.0
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26.9
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26.6
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35.9
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21.1
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20.9
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25.2
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South
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40.1
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32.6
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32.6
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32.0
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24.9
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24.2
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38.5
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West
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18.0
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14.3
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14.2
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17.1
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24.4
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24.7
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18.1
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1998
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Total (1,000)
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13.3
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1,961.6
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1,881.8
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79.8
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8,117.7
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7,621.8
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496.0
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PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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Ownership:
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Proprietary
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53.9
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46.1
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47.1
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23.0
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38.4
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39.1
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26.7
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Voluntary nonprofit
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36.2
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45.4
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44.2
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73.0
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54.3
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53.2
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69.9
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Government and other
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9.9
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8.5
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8.7
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3
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4.1
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7.4
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7.6
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3
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3.4
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Certification:
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Medicare
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84.3
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84.0
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83.5
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96.6
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92.9
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92.8
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93.9
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Medicaid
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85.1
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85.1
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84.8
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92.3
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89.3
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89.3
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90.0
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Region:
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Northeast
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16.7
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34.4
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35.4
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10.7
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33.9
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34.8
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18.7
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Midwest
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25.8
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21.5
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21.4
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23.9
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25.6
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25.7
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22.9
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South
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42.0
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33.9
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33.4
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44.6
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26.4
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25.9
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33.3
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West
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15.5
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10.2
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9.7
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20.8
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14.2
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13.5
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1 Patients on the rolls of the agency as of midnight the dayprior to the survey.
2 Patients removed from the rolls of the agency during the 12months prior to the day of the survey. A patient could be includedmore than once if the individual had more
than one episode ofcare during the year.
3 Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics,Advance Data, No. 297, April 16, 1998 and prior issues.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
https://allcountries.org/uscensus/205_home_health_and_hospice_care_agencies.html
These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.
Copyright © 2019 Photius Coutsoukis and Information Technology Associates, all rights reserved.
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