CDC Releases Statistics on LTC Services Provided in U.S.

According to "Long-Term Care Services in the United States: 2013 Overview," which was released by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, about eight million people in the U.S. received long-term care services in 2012.

According to the study, these individuals were served by the following regulated long-term care providers:

• 22,200 assisted living and similar residential care communities 
• 15,700 nursing homes 
• 12,200 home health agencies
• 4,800 adult day services centers
• 3,700 hospices

The researchers divided the U.S. into five sectors for the study. They found that in four of the five sectors, the majority of providers were for-profit, although the majority of adult day services providers tended to be nonprofit. 

To learn more and read the complete report, click here.