Design and operation of the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, 2009-2010.
OBJECTIVE
This report presents the development, plan, and operation of the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs, a module of the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey. The survey is conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. This survey was designed to produce national and state-specific prevalence estimates of children with special health care needs (CSHCN), to describe the types of services that they need and use, and to assess aspects of the system of care for CSHCN.


METHODS
A random-digit-dial sample of households with children under age 18 years was constructed for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The sampling frame consisted of landline phone numbers and cellular(cell) phone numbers of households that reported a cell-phone-only or cell-phone-mainly status. Children in identified households were screened for special health care needs. If CSHCN were identified in the household, a detailed interview was conducted for one randomly selected child with special health care needs. Respondents were parents or guardians who knew about the children's health and health care.


RESULTS
A total of 196,159 household screening interviews were completed from July 2009 through March 2011, resulting in 40,242 completed special-needs interviews, including 2,991 from cell-phone interviews. The weighted overall response rate was 43.7% for the landline sample, 15.2% for the cell-phone sample, and 25.5% overall.
National Center for Health Statistics.
Matthew D
MD
Bramlett
National Center for Health Statistics.
Stephen J
SJ
Blumberg
NORC at the University of Chicago.
A Elizabeth
AE
Ormson
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Jacquelyn M
JM
George
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Kim L
KL
Williams
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Alicia M
AM
Frasier
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Benjamin J
BJ
Skalland
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Kathleen B
KB
Santos
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Danielle M
DM
Vsetecka
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Heather M
HM
Morrison
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Steven
S
Pedlow
NORC at the University of Chicago.
Fang
F
Wang
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