How Many Patients Receive Hospice Care Each Year? In 2014, an estimated 1.6 to 1.7* million patients received services from hospice.

This estimate includes:

• Patients who died while receiving hospice care
• Patients who received care in 2013 and who continued to receive care into 2014 (known as "carryovers")
• Patients who left hospice care alive in 2014 for various reasons including extended prognosis, desire for curative treatment, and other reasons (known as "live discharges")

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