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Mother’s Touch, Inc.

THE MARKET

Hospice Care Industry—Demographics and Geographics

Hospice Care in the U.S. is a large and growing business. The following statistical tables give an overview of the rapidly increasing need for hospice facilities of high quality and sound managerial constitution to meet the expected needs of the aging Colorado population.

1. THE MARKET NATIONALLY - HOW MANY PATIENTS RECEIVE CARE EACH YEAR? a. In 2013, an estimated 1.5 to 1.6 million patients received services from hospice. This estimate includes: • patients who died while receiving hospice care • patients who received care in 2012 and who continued to receive care into 2013 (known as “carryovers”) • patients who left hospice care alive in 2013 for various reasons including extended prognosis, desire for curative treatment, and other reasons (known as“live discharges”) b. The number of patients and families served by hospice has increased significantly since 2009. c. Colorado hospice care admits have grown steadily as well over 2011 – 2013.

• 2011 – 18.580 • 2013 – 19,593 d. Denver accounted for 43.7% of Colorado hospice care admits in 2013.

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