I. Nurse centered (560 agencies, 10.9%): They have the
highest average number of nurses of 8.8. 62.2% are
financially stable (balanced). They have the highest
ratio of notifications of additions (i.e., additional
services, such as 24-hour and emergency services
delivery) and of acceptance of various type of patients
(i.e., home intravenous alimentation, mechanical
ventilation, and pain control with narcotic medication);
and highest average number of patients requiring
terminal-stage cancer and of home deaths per year.
common characteristics; the latter two types are general
non-featured types that were categorized based on location
(population density). Table 1 shows detailed characteristics
of each type.