title: Long-Term Care Providers and services users in the United States: data from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013-2014.
abstract: Long-term care services provided by paid, regulated providers are an important component of personal health care spending in the United States. This report presents the most current national descriptive results from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP), which is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Data presented are drawn from multiple sources, primarily NCHS surveys of adult day services centers and residential care communities (covers 2014 data year); and administrative records obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) on home health agencies, hospices, and nursing homes (covers 2013 and 2014 data years). This report provides information on the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by paid, regulated providers of long-term care services; and the demographic, health, and functional composition of users of these services. Services users include residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients of home health agencies and hospices, and participants of adult day services centers. This report updates "Long-Term Care Services in the United States: 2013 Overview" (available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nsltcp/long_term_care_services_2013.pdf), which covered data years 2011 and 2012. In contrast, the title of this report and future reports will reflect the years of the data used rather than the publication year, in this case 2013 through 2014. A forthcoming companion product to this report, "Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States—State Estimates Supplement: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013–2014," contains tables and maps showing comparable state estimates for the national findings in this report, and will be available from: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ nsltcp/nsltcp_products.htm.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Harris-Kojetin
authors.forename: Manisha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Park-Lee
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Valverde
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caffrey
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rome
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lendon
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000069537:Adult Day Care Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration; D006304:Health Status; D018574:Home Care Agencies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006738:Hospices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006278:Medicare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010067:Ownership / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States