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United States National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs 2005-2007

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
United States National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs 2005-2006
Geography 
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
04/2005 - 02/2007
Series or system 
United States National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN)
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
Summary 

The 2005-2006 National Survey of Children With Special Health Care Needs was a survey conducted by The National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC, and the second to be done so in the series. Children under 18 years of age were screened for special health care needs and interviewed via telephone regarding their health and functional status. The questionnaire subject matter included emotional and behavioral health, access to health care, coordination of care services, and the impact of chronic conditions on families. The sample size for the survey consisted of 40,840 completed interviews in the main sample, In addition to a newly included national referent sample of 6,113 children without special health care needs.