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    • Long-Term Care Facility Characteristics

    Metadata Updated: December 11, 2025

    The Long-Term Care Facility Characteristics, CMS Form 671, dataset provides information submitted by nursing homes on the CMS Form 671 collected during annual surveys. The data include information about resident census, ownership, dedicated special care units, facility characteristics, and staffing.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

    Downloads & Resources

    References

    https://data.cms.gov/resources/long-term-care-facility-characteristics-methodology

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 3, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 3, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date December 11, 2025
    Publisher Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/129a6503-c0f1-4132-b186-4c0232c2d894/data-viewer
    Data First Published 2025-12-09
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-12-05
    Category Medicare
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency R/P3M
    Bureau Code 009:38
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Quality True
    Data Dictionary https://data.cms.gov/resources/long-term-care-facility-characteristics-data-dictionary
    Harvest Object Id 5fb2067f-66ee-4e27-b43d-7010042a1275
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://data.cms.gov/quality-of-care/long-term-care-facility-characteristics
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Program Code 009:000
    Related Documents https://data.cms.gov/resources/long-term-care-facility-characteristics-methodology
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 387ab3a8622c8d47f02142ff1b343f4cabe9d1000f07f820a2ffd0954e8e9ee8
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 2023-10-01/2025-09-30

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