Long-term care services include a broad range of services that meet the needs of frail older people and
other adults with functional limitations. Long-Term care services provided by paid, regulated providers
are a significant component of personal health care spending in the United States. This report presents
descriptive results from the first wave of the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP),
which was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health
Statistics (NCHS). Data presented in this report are drawn from five sources: NCHS surveys of adult day
services centers and residential care communities, and administrative records obtained from the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services on home health agencies, hospices, and nursing homes. This report provides
information on the supply, organizational characteristics, staffing, and services offered by providers of
long-term care services; and the demographic, health, and functional composition of users of these services.
Service users include residents of nursing homes and residential care communities, patients of home health
agencies and hospices, and participants of adult day services centers.