The Long-Term Care (LTC) Data Cooperative is the largest integrated database of detailed, normalized, electronic health record data from nursing homes and assisted living communities in the United States. It was established in 2021 and continues to be funded by NIA IMPACT Collaboratory (NIA U54AG063546).

Researchers can propose to use LTC Data Cooperative data for two types of research:

●  Comparative effectiveness: Enable observational, comparative effectiveness studies of the long-term care population, ranging from policy evaluations to epidemiological studies to pharmaco-epidemiological studies.

●  Clinical trials: Facilitate provider and patient recruitment into clinical research studies, including Phase 3 and Phase 4 randomized intervention trials or evaluate outcomes from interventional studies.

Learn more about this provider-led initiative at these links:

●  Researcher application process

●  Governance committee participants

●  Data available, including number of participating LTC facilities by state

●  How LTC organizations join