The data shows a percent distribution of U.S. users of long-term care services by provider type and by ethnicity in 2013 and 2014. In the U.S., non-Hipsanic blacks accounted for 13.5% of all users of home health agency services. Long-term care services account for a variety of services such as health, personal care, and supportive services dedicated to frail older people and adults with a limited capacity for self-care in cases such as injury or mental disability.
Population aged 65 and over | 5.3 | 8.7 | 78.3 | 7.7 |
Adult day services center | 18.6 | 17.3 | 43.9 | 20.3 |
Home health agency | 3.3 | 13.5 | 75.4 | 7.7 |
Hospice | 2.4 | 8.2 | 84.4 | 5 |
Nursing home | 4.7 | 14 | 76.1 | 5.2 |
Residential care community | 9.3 | 3.8 | 84.3 | 2.5 |