Data

The Long-Term Care Data Cooperative consists of 1,481,507 residents in 1,585 post-acute and long-term care facilities comprising 83 long-term care organizations. Data are current as of April 15, 2024. Additional details on available data are shown below. Due to conflicting reports from different patient records, some residents may be double-counted.

Counts of post-acute and long-term care Facilities Residents
TOTAL
Nursing Home Organizations
 83
Nursing Home Facilities
 1,585
Residents* 1,481,507

*Patients with a stay at a LTCDC participating facility. EMR resident counts may not sum to total due to patient overlap in organizations.
LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Analysis of Match to CMS Data

METRIC MATCH RATE USING VARIABLES IN MEDICARE OR MEDICAID DATA
All Persons
 97.84%
Age 65 and up
 99.01%
Age Below 65 90.00%
Missing Age
 33.61%

LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024
Analysis provided by NIA Data LINKAGE
CMS = Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Demographic Characteristics: Age Groups by Sex

AGE RANGE FEMALE MALE UNKNOWN
0-17
 82
 86
 14
18-34
 2,613
 3,409
 -
35-54
 27,654
 28,964
 26
55-64
 72,318
 73,496
 58
65-74
 180,880
 155,560 118
75-84
 271,019
 192,948
 177
85+
 314,520
 157,098
 255

LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Demographic Characteristics: Race
RACE COUNT
White
 1,022,910
Black or African American
 165,151
Asian 11,939
American Indian or Alaska Native
 2,105
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 859
Unknown
 302,241

LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Demographic Characteristics: Ethnicity

ETHNICITY COUNT
Not Hispanic or Latino
 1,204,165
Hispanic or Latino
 26,123
Unknown 273,958

LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Resident Characteristics: Admissions, Stays, and Hospital Transfers
METRIC COUNT
Distinct residents admitted
 1,481,507
...with at least one year of data
 172,018
...with at least three years of data 61,481
...with at least five years of data
 23,392
Distinct nursing home stays 2,165,752
Hospital Transfers*
 366,809

*Includes emergency room visits and inpatient admissions.
LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Counts of Patients with Clinical Events, Relevant Records and Measurements
METRIC RESIDENT COUNT RECORD COUNT
Laboratory results
 909,777
 207,559,240
Vitals Readings
 1,365,034
 1,534,273,596
...temperature
 227,996,973
...pulse rate
203,859,990
...respiration rate
147,138,885
...blood pressure
203,571,690
...oxygen saturation
234,218,486
...pain scale
285,577,610
...blood sugar
134,004,439
Distinct diagnoses
 909,777
 207,559,240
Medication prescriptions
1,534,273,596
Medication administrations
227,996,973
Vaccination administrations
203,859,990
Vaccination historical records
147,138,885
Vaccination refusal records
203,571,690
Assessments*
44,331,863

*Includes assessments, instruments, surveys, and other question-response style information captured by health care providers and staff.
LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Resident Characteristics: Select Diagnoses and Treatments
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METRIC COUNT
Patients diagnosed with ADRD
 398,760
...diagnosed with diabetes
 530,790
...diagnosed with a pressure ulcer
 231,173
Influenza diagnoses
 17,340
Influenza vaccinations 438,542
COVID-19 diagnoses
 394,855
COVID-19 vaccinations 336,765

LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

Counts of Facilities and Staff
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METRIC COUNT
Distinct facilities referenced
 1,585
Physicians with a National Provider ID
 23,944
Non-Physician Providers w/ National Provider ID 14,701
Other Providers and Staff
 132,397

LAST UPDATED 4/15/2024

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