Hospice services are designed to provide a wide range of care and services to terminally ill patients and their families. We are one of the largest providers of hospice care in the United States in terms of both patient census and number of Medicare-certified hospice programs. Odyssey started in 1996 with a single hospice program; at year-end 2004 we provided care from 74 Medicare-certified hospice programs in 30 states, and we are continuing to expand geographically. We increased our daily patient census 12.5 0.000000rom the average daily census in December 2003, ending the year caring for an average of 7,643 patients and their families during the month of December 2004. Hospice has been a covered benefit under Medicare since 1983, and 92.50f our net revenue comes from Medicare. See Note 16 — “Segment Reporting” to our consolidated financial statements for financial information related to our business segments. The first hospice in the United States opened in 1974.  g   

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