Table.

Percent distribution of assisted living resident characteristics by data source

Resident characteristics	2016 National Study of Long-Term Care Providers				2018 Master Beneficiary Summary File (MBSF)a
	4–25 beds	26–50 beds	> 50 beds	All sizes	4–25 beneficiaries	26–50 beneficiaries	> 50 beneficiaries	All sizes
Femaleb	67	72	71	71	63	67	66	65
Non-Hispanic whiteb	80	88	80	81	80	90	90	86
Ageb
< 65	16	7	4	7	12	7	4	8
65–74	13	10	11	11	30	14	12	19
74–85	27	30	31	30	20	25	28	25
≥ 85	44	52	54	52	39	54	55	49
Medicaid recipientb	25	18	14	17	23	23	15	19
Medical/health conditions
Alzheimer’s disease/other dementiab	51	44	39	42	38	47	38	39
Arthritisc	--	--	--	42	57	67	67	63
Asthmac	--	--	--	7	16	18	17	17
Chronic kidney diseasec	--	--	--	8	40	47	42	42
Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseasec	--	--	--	14	32	36	32	33
Depressionb	37	32	29	31	50	57	49	51
Diabetesb	19	18	18	18	38	42	37	38
Heart diseaseb	32	35	35	34	35	43	38	38
Hypertensionc	--	--	--	51	74	83	81	78
Osteoporosisc	--	--	--	24	27	35	35	32
Emergency department visitb,d	14	14	14	14	37	42	38	37
Overnight hospital stayb,d	7	9	9	8	12	13	10	11

--: Not reported

^aLimiting the smallest category of the MBSF to a minimum of 4 beneficiaries (as opposed to a minimum of 1 beneficiary) resulted in a population of 437,022 unique Medicare beneficiaries (445,194 resident days) residing in 18,784 AL communities.

^bSource: Caffrey C, Sengupta M. Variation in residential care community resident characteristics, by size of community: United States, 2016. NCHS Data Brief, no 299. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2018.

^cSource: Harris-Kojetin L, Sengupta M, Lendon JP, Rome V, Valverde R, Caffrey C. Long-term care providers and services users in the United States, 2015–2016. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 3(43). 2019.

^dIn NSLTCP, measured as percent in last 90 days; in MBSF, measured as percent of residents having at least one emergency visit or hospital stay in the calendar year.