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May 2002
 Medicare: Utilization of Home
Health Care by State (GAO-02-782R)
This report discusses the variation in
Medicare home health use across states. Using home health claims
for the first six months of 2001 from the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid, GAO compiled statistics on home health users, home
health visits, home health episodes, and the percentage of home
health users with multiple episodes for each state. A home health
episode, the basis for Medicare payment under the prospective
payment system, is up to a 60-day period of care during which any
number of visits may be provided.
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