Number of long-term care service users in the U.S. 2012-2020, by setting

In 2020, there were a total of 7.3 million service users of long-term care (LTC) in the United States. The largest share of LTC users came from home health agencies, followed by hospice patients and nursing home residents. Although assisted living community providers accounted for the largest share of LTC providers, they only accounted for roughly 10 percent of all LTC users. The number of service users of LTC has mostly increased from 2012, reaching a peak of 9.5 million people in 2018. The large drop in numbers in 2020 is most likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020年，美国长期护理（LTC）服务用户总数达到730万。其中，居家健康服务机构用户占比最高，其次是临终关怀患者和养老院居民。尽管长期护理提供者中居家生活社区服务机构的份额最大，但它们仅占所有长期护理用户的约10%。自2012年以来，长期护理服务用户数量多数情况下呈增长趋势，并在2018年达到峰值，约为950万人。2020年人数的显著下降很可能是由于COVID-19大流行所致。