Definition: Estimated percentage of children with special health care needs ages 12-17 who receive services necessary to make appropriate transitions to adult health care, work, and independence, by complexity of health care needs (e.g., in 2009-2010, 30.2% of California youth with more complex special health care needs received transition to adulthood services).
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. CSHCN with 'less complex needs' experience health conditions that are managed primarily through prescription medication; children with 'more complex needs' require additional care, services, or therapies in order to manage their conditions. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. For more information, and descriptions of the components of transition to adulthood services, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/archive-prior-year-data-documents-and-resources.
