February 8, 2012

Promote Child and Adolescent Health Across the Life Span with New Data and Features on the DRC

View New State Ranking Maps

Figure out how your state measures up on the 2009/10 NS-CSHCN indicators and outcomes by accessing our new U.S. data maps. These maps show how your state compares to the national average. Click on the map icon below to get started. 

Trend Data from 3 Years of the NS-CSHCN  

Check out the new data trending feature on the Data Resource Center (DRC) website! Now you can compare select outcomes and indicators from the 2001, 2005/06 and 2009/10 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN). Visit our new "Browse Data Trends" webpage. Learn more about comparing  outcomes and indicators across multiple years of the NS-CSHCN. 

Example of NS-CSHCN Trend Data

Access New 2009/10 NS-CSHCN Data on Core Outcomes 

Now online--subcomponent measures for each of the 6 Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)Systems of Care Core Outcomes for CSHCN have been added on the DRC website. 

Take for example, the following five domains that form Core Outcome #2: CSHCN who receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home and for which data on each subcomponent measure are now available. 

• Medical Home Part A: Usual source(s) for sick and well care. Over a quarter (26.1%) of CSHCN without health insurance did not to have a usual source for sick and well care.
• Medical Home Part B: Personal doctor or nurse. 95.4% of CSHCN with private health insurance had a personal doctor or nurse versus 91% of CSHCN with public insurance.
• Medical Home Part C: No problems obtaining referrals. Among CSHCN who needed referrals during the past 12 months, 29.9%of CSHCN with emotional, behavioral or developmental issues had problems obtaining referrals.
• Medical Home Part D: Receives family-centered care. 72.3% of CSHCN with adequate health insurance received family-centered care compared to 52.0% of CSHCN without adequate insurance.
• Medical Home Part E: Receives effective care coordination. Only 29.5% of CSHCN with one or more period of inconsistent health insurance coverage received effective care coordination, while 43.6% of CSHCN with consistent health insurance coverage received effective care coordination.

Read more about the relationship between each core outcome and healthy development of CSHCN over the life course in a series of data briefs.

DRC Indicator Data Set and Codebooks

Register to receive an enhanced analytical data set and codebooks for the 2009/10 NS-CSHCN interview data file.  Sign up today and you will be notified as soon as the data set is complete and ready to distribute.

Learn About CSHCN Conditions and Functional Difficulties

Find out how individual health conditions and functional difficulties were measured in the 2009/10 NS-CSHCN as well as how conditions and functional difficulties impact the health of CSHCN in 2 new data briefs now available on the DRC website. 

Explore Title V Needs Assessment Data for Your State

Use our recently updated, interactive guide to using the DRC for Title V Needs Assessment to find data for your state.

Tell Your Story with Family to Family Profiles

Download new Family to Family Profiles to help illustrate the health and well-being of CSHCN in your state. You can customize these profiles with detailed instructions on how to select a story, data table, and create graphs.

MCHB DataSpeak is Available

The recent MCHB DataSpeak Finding from the 2009-2010 Nation Survey of Children with Special health Care Needs on January 19, coincided with the release of the new survey dat aon the DRC website. View the January 19 MCHB DataSpeak.

Visit Us at AMCHP

The DRC will be at the upcoming 2012 Association for Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Conference in Washington, D.C. from February 12 to 14. Find us at Booth #49 in the Ambassador Ballroom for the Omni Shoreham Hotel.