obÌåÓý

Introduction

The National Post-acute and Long-term Care Study (NPALS) publishes study results and data analysis in a variety of formats. These include statistical reports, national and state estimate tables, and MMWR QuickStats.

NPALS was called the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers before 2020. Publications and resources from the 2014 study cycle use that previous name.

Statistical reports and supplemental resources

• (02/19/2016)
  • Long-Term Care Providers and Services Users in the United States—State Estimates Supplement: National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013–2014 (09/22/2016)

Adult Day Services Centers Survey

• Variation in Adult Day Services Center Characteristics, by Center Ownership: United States, 2014 (12/04/2015)
  • State estimates and standard errors supplement (12/04/2015)
• Variation in Adult Day Services Center Participant Characteristics, by Center Ownership: United States, 2014 (12/04/2015)
  • State estimates and standard errors supplement (12/04/2015)

Residential Care Communities Survey

• (02/19/2016)
• Variation in Operating Characteristics of Residential Care Communities, by Size of Community: United States, 2014 (11/16/2015)
  • State estimates and standard errors supplement (11/16/2015)
• Variation in Residential Care Community Resident Characteristics, by Size of Community: United States, 2014 (11/16/2015)
  • State estimates and standard errors supplements (11/16/2015)

Web tables

• 2014 Adult Day Services Center Survey Weighted National Estimates and Standard Errors (10/2017)
• 2014 Residential Care Communities Survey Weighted National Estimates and Standard Errors (08/2017)

Nurse and Aide Staffing

• Nurse and Aide Staffing Levels Among Residential Care Communities that Primarily Serve Residents with a Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease or Other Dementias and Other Residential Care Communities, by State: United States, 2014 (10/2016)

Medicaid

• Percent of residential care community (RCC) residents with some or all services paid by Medicaid in the last 30 days, by RCC-level resident age composition and RCC bed size: United States, 2014 (10/2016)

Electronic Health Records and Health Information Exchange

• (09/2016)

QuickStats

• Percentages of Residential Care Communities and Adult Day Services Centers That Provided Selected Services — United States, 2014 (09/09/2016)
• Distribution of Long-Term Care Staffing Hours, by Staff Member Type and Sector — United States, 2014 (04/29/2016)
• Percentage of Long-Term Care Services Providers That Use Electronic Health Records and Have a Computerized System for Electronic Health Information Exchange, by Provider Sector and Type of Electronic Health Information — United States, 2014 (11/20/2015)
  • Errata (11/27/2015)

Adult Day Services Center Study

• Percentage of Adult Day Services Center Participants, by Selected Diagnoses — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, United States, 2014 (09/11/2015)

Residential Care Communities Study

• Percentage of Residential Care Communities Using Electronic Health Records, by Number of Beds — National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, United States, 2014 (10/23/2015)

Maps

• Maps of selected characteristics of adult day services centers and participants in the United States: Data from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013–2014 (02/2017, Revised 02/23/2017)
• Maps of selected characteristics of residential care communities and residents in the United States: Data from the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 2013–2014 (02/2017)

Journal articles

• Lendon, J. P., Rome, V., & Sengupta, M. (2020). Variations Between Adult Day Services Centers in the United States by the Racial and Ethnic Case-Mix of Center Participants. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 40(9), 1029-1038. Available from: (07/02/2020)

• Rome, V., Harris-Kojetin, L., & Carder, P. (2019). Variation in Licensed Nurse Staffing Characteristics by State Requirements in Residential Care. Res Gerontol Nurs, 12(1), 27-33. Available from: or (01/01/2019)