Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 with special health care needs (CSHCN) admitted to a hospital overnight in the previous year, by race/ethnicity (e.g., in 2009-2010, 11% of Hispanic/Latino CSHCN in California had an overnight hospital stay 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. Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. LNE (Low Number Event) refers to estimates that have been suppressed because the sample sizes are too small to meet standards for reliability. For more information, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/archive-prior-year-data-documents-and-resources.
