The National Center for Health Statistics is launching a new National Study of Long-Term Care Providers (NSLTCP).  NSLTCP will replace the previously conducted National Nursing Home Survey, National Home and Hospice Care Survey, and most recently, National Survey of Residential Care Facilities.  NSLTCP will provide nationally representative statistical information about the supply and use of paid, regulated long-term care (LTC) providers in the United States. This study, which will be conducted every other year, is intended to enable efficient and timely monitoring of the diverse and evolving field of LTC and to help address the nation's information needs to inform future LTC policy.