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National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

The primary goals of this survey module are to assess the prevalence and impact of special health care needs among children in the US, and to evaluate change since its inception in 2001. This survey explores the extent to which children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have medical homes, adequate health insurance, access to needed services, adequate care coordination, and that parents are satisfied with their child’s care. Other topics may include functional difficulties, transition services, and questions pertaining to specific sub-populations. Interviews were conducted with parents or guardians who know about the child's health. More than 190,000 households with children throughout the US are screened to identify approximately 750 CSHCN in each State and DC.  Strict confidentiality and privacy regulations apply to all contract and federal project staff for all data collected in this survey. For more information, see the NCHS confidentiality policy.

 

2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

 

Quick Facts

  • Includes medication and treatment questions specifically for children with ADD/ADHD
  • Sponsor: Primary funding for this project was provided by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration. Additional funding for specific questions was provided by the CDC’s National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.
  • Period of Data Collection: July 7, 2009 - March 2, 2011
  • Sample Design: Cross-sectional telephone survey of US households with at least one resident child aged 0 to 17 years at the time of the interview; complex sample design, with stratification by state and sample type (landline or cell phone) and with clustering of children within households.
  • Sample size: Completed 40,242 detailed CSHCN interviews
  • Respondent: A parent or guardian with knowledge of the health and health care of the children in the household.
  • Data Collection: All children living in the household were screened for special health care needs.  If more than one CSHCN lived in the household, one was randomly selected to be the subject of the detailed interview.  In households with one child with special health care needs, that child was selected to be the subject of the detailed interview.  Data collection was conducted under contract with the University of Chicago.
  • Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
    Easy to use, interactive data query tool to view and compare tables and charts of state, national, and regional survey findings including profiles on key performance indicators

 

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2005-2006 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

 

Quick Facts

  • Includes a national referent sample of children without special health care needs
  • Sponsor: Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
  • Period of Data Collection: April 2005 - February 2007
  • Sample size: Completed 40,840 CSHCN interviews in the main sample; completed 6,113 interviews of children without special needs in the referent sample
  • Sampling Frame: Children under age 18 years
  • Publications and Presentations Using SLAITS Data
  • Data Collection: Data were collected over the household landline telephone. All children living in a household were screened for special health care needs.  If more than one CSHCN is lived in a household, one was randomly selected to complete the interview.  Data collection was conducted under contract with the University of Chicago.
  • Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health
    Easy to use, interactive data query tool to view and compare tables and charts of state, national, and regional survey findings including profiles on key performance indicators

 

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Persons with disabilities who experience problems accessing PDF files should contact nchsed@cdc.gov or call 301-458-4688.

 

2001 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

 

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