Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States: Data from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Center for Health Statistics

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United States Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Center for Health Statistics. Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States: Data from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-01-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/E242689V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Biennial Overview of Post-acute and Long-term Care in the United States: Data from the National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study
Summary:  View help for Summary The NCHS National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) collects data on post-acute and long-term care providers every two years. The goal is to monitor post-acute and long-term care settings with reliable, accurate, relevant, and timely statistical information to support and inform policy, research, and practice. These data tables provide an overview of the geographic, organizational, staffing, service provision, and user characteristics of paid, regulated long-term and post-acute care providers in the United States. The settings include adult day services centers, home health agencies, hospices, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term care hospitals, and nursing homes. Read less
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://data.cdc.gov/National-Center-for-Health-Statistics/Biennial-Overview-of-Post-acute-and-Long-term-Care/wibz-pb5q/about_data

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms sdoh-use-of-health-care; sdoh-access-to-health-care; long-term care; residential care communities; adult day services centers; medicaid; healthcare; activities of daily living; diagnoses; nurse staffing; post-acute care
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