title: Simple screen proves highly accurate in identifying children with special needs.
abstract: Research shows that the relatively small group of children with special health care needs accounts for more than 80% of all child-related health care costs, and there is plenty of evidence that the care of these children is a far cry from optimal. See what steps are being taken to give these children the attention they need, and check out a simple new tool designed to identify children with special health care needs.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology