This statistic displays the distribution of nursing employee full-time equivalents by provider type and by staff type within the United States in 2016. Registered nurses account for 48 percent of nursing employee full-time equivalents in hospices in the United States. 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.
Distribution of U.S. nursing employees in 2016, by provider and staff*
* Employees as full-time equivalents (FTEs).
Contract staff are not included. For adult day services centers and
residential care communities, aides refer to certified nursing assistants, home health aides, home care aides, personal care aides, personal care assistants, and medication technicians or medication aides. For home health agencies and hospices, aides refer to home health aides. For nursing homes, aides refer to certified nurse aides, medication aides, and medication technicians.
Percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding.
This statistic is based on about 57,000 paid, regulated long-term care services providers serving about 9 million people in
the United States.
Long-term care services were provided by 4,600 adult day services centers, 12,200 home
health agencies, 4,300 hospices, 15,600 nursing homes, and 28,900 assisted living and similar residential
care communities.
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