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Montana Home Health Need Methodology

Based on 2011 Annual Report of Home Health Agencies (using U. S. Department of Commerce population estimates and a standard multiplier of 79 patients per 1,000 population aged 65 and over)

Effective 9/18/2012
County
2011 65+ Population
Estimates		 2011 Patients Patients per 1000 Population 65+ Projected Potential
Patients		 Projected Unmet Patient Need
Beaverhead 1,584 118 74 125 7
Big Horn 1,339 0 0 106 106
Blaine 879 0 0 69 69
Broadwater 1,041 64 61 82 18
Carbon 1,937 130 67 153 23
Carter 284 0 0 22 22
Cascade 12,859 1,260 98 1,016 0
Chouteau 1,039 8 8 82 74
Custer 2,011 135 67 159 24
Daniels 433 9 21 34 25
Dawson 1,575 109 69 124 15
Deer Lodge 1,822 111 61 144 33
Fallon 518 0 0 41 41
Fergus 2,538 165 65 201 36
Flathead 13,765 816 59 1,087 271
Gallatin 8,882 909 102 702 0
Garfield 252 0 0 20 20
Glacier 1,461 0 0 115 115
Golden Valley 206 0 0 16 16
Granite 753 0 0 59 59
Hill 2,071 0 0 164 164
Jefferson 1,720 80 47 136 56
Judith Basin 439 16 36 35 19
Lake 5,006 337 67 395 58
Lewis and Clark 9,094 812 89 718 0
Liberty 497 0 0 39 39
Lincoln 4,182 212 51 330 118
McCone 381 5 13 30 25
Madison 1,660 26 16 131 105
Meagher 468 0 0 37 37
Mineral 953 42 44 75 33
Missoula 12,953 1,036 80 1,023 0
Musselshell 837 0 0 66 66
Park 2,703 230 85 214 0
Petroleum 98 0 0 8 8
Phillips 890 72 81 70 0
Pondera 1,226 69 56 97 28
Powder River 393 6 15 31 25
Powell 1,189 42 35 94 52
Prairie 323 17 53 26 9
Ravalli 8,119 209 26 641 432
Richland 1,465 92 63 116 24
Roosevelt 1,140 0 0 90 90
Rosebud 1,099 13 12 87 74
Sanders 2,586 105 41 204 99
Sheridan 793 15 19 63 48
Silver Bow 5,630 548 97 445 0
Stillwater 1,531 64 42 121 57
Sweet Grass 796 4 5 63 59
Teton 1,299 56 43 103 47
Toole 797 0 0 63 63
Treasure 181 0 0 14 14
Valley 1,535 0 0 121 121
Wheatland 456 0 0 36 36
Wibaux 242 7 29 19 12
Yellowstone 21,522 1,440 67 1,700 260
TOTAL
151,452
9,389
1,964
11,962
3,252

Page last updated: 12/11/2012