Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 with special health care needs (CSHCN) who required five or more specific health care services or equipment in the previous year (e.g., in 2009-2010, 45.1% of California CSHCN needed five or more services in the previous year).
Data Source: Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health, National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (Dec. 2012).
Footnote: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. For more information, and a full list of health care services and equipment reported here, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/archive-prior-year-data-documents-and-resources.
