Change Question, Topic or Survey
You can update the state/region for this query by selecting a new state/region below.
Nationwide All States All Regions Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Virgin Islands HRSA Region I HRSA Region II HRSA Region III HRSA Region IV HRSA Region V HRSA Region VI HRSA Region VII HRSA Region VIII HRSA Region IX HRSA Region X
Survey Items: Survey instrument item number for children 0-5 years: C9,C10, D1-D4,D7-D12; for children 6-11 years: C7,C8,D1-D4,D7-D12; for children 12-17 years: C8,C9, D1-D4,D7-D12 Variables in public use data file: K4Q01; K4Q02_R; K4Q04_R; K5Q10; K5Q11; K5Q20_R; K5Q21; K5Q22; K5Q30; K5Q31_R; K5Q32; K5Q40; K5Q41; K5Q42; K5Q43; K5Q44
Denominator: Children age 0-17 years
Numerator: Children whose health care does not meet Medical Home criteria; Children whose health care meets Medical Home criteria
Revisions and Changes: In 2017, this measure did not change from the 2016 NSCH. The skip language in K5Q20_R’s response option “Did not see more than one health care provider” which skips children away from Care Coordination questions was removed in 2017. Due to changes in the survey’s mode of data collection and sampling frame, as well as adjustments to item wording for the NSCH, results from surveys prior to 2016 are not directly comparable and should not be used to conduct trend analysis. In the 2016 NSCH, there are a few changes to the Medical Home composite measure compared to the 2011/12 NSCH: (1) Usual source for care subcomponent: Even though the 2016 NSCH now asks about a usual source for preventive care, this subcomponent still only includes the usual source for sick care items. Additionally, in the 2016 NSCH, the response options for the follow up item about the type of places child usually goes for sick care do not include "Friend/Relative", "Mexico/Other locations out of US", and "Does not go to one place most often". (2) Care coordination subcomponent: In the 2011/12 NSCH, the care coordination component was measured among all children who received more than one type of service: medical, dental, mental health care or received/needed a specialist care (NUMB_SERVICES>1). In the 2016 NSCH, the number of children who needed care coordination was defined based on the parent’s response to the question: "Does anyone help you to arrange or coordinate care among different doctors or services that this child uses?" If the parent responded, "Did not see more than one health care provider in past 12 months" to the question (K5Q20_R), it was assumed the child did not need care coordination. (3) In the 2011/12 NSCH, when any component of medical home was missing, the entire composite medical home measure was considered missing. In the NSCH 2016, the composite medical home measure is only considered missing if all components are missing. Therefore, children with a valid, positive response to at least one component and the remainder of the components were missing or legitimately skipped are categorized as having a medical home. For more information on content changes, click here .
Additional Notes: The American Academy of Pediatrics specifies seven qualities essential to medical home care: accessible, family-centered, continuous, comprehensive, coordinated, compassionate and culturally effective care. Ideally, medical home care is delivered within the context of a trusting and collaborative relationship between the child’s family and a competent health professional who is familiar with the child and family and the child’s health history. In the 2016-2017 NSCH, the presence of a medical home was measured by a composite measure based on five components constructed from a total of 16 survey items. These components are: - Personal doctor or nurse - Usual source for sick care - Family-centered care - Problems getting needed referrals - Effective Care Coordination when needed. To qualify as having a Medical Home, children must meet the criteria for adequate care on the first three components: personal doctor or nurse, usual source for care, and family-centered care. Additionally, any children who needed referrals or care coordination must also meet criteria for those components in order to qualify as having a medical home. Children with a valid, positive response to at least one component and the remainder of the components were missing or legitimately skipped are categorized as having a medical home. Further information about the Medical Home concept and measurement is available on the Data Resource Center Medical Home portal. The medical home manual developed by the CAHMI is available on the DRC website.
Treatment of Unknown Values: Missing values due to non-response or a “don’t know” response are not included in the denominator when calculating prevalence estimates and weighted population counts displayed in the data query results table. In the majority of cases, the proportion of missing values is less than 2%. Exceptions are noted in the form of a Data Alert at the bottom of a results table. The exclusion of these values does not change the prevalence estimates (%) and only marginally affects the weighted population counts (Pop. Est.). If missing cases are handled in any other way, details can be found in the "Additional notes" section above.
History and Development: The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) funds and directs the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), and develops survey content in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau and a Technical Expert Panel. The Technical Expert Panel consists of experts in survey methodology and children’s health, federal and state stakeholders, clinicians and researchers. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the survey, oversees the sampling, and produces a final data set of survey results. Respondents’ cognitive understanding of the survey questions was assessed during the pretest phase of the survey redesign and reassessed after the 2016 survey; subsequent revisions were made. Previously validated questions and scales are used when available. The manuscript “The Design and Implementation of the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health”, provides detailed information about the redesign of the NSCH, administration of the first redesigned survey (2016), and the sampling and administration changes for the 2017 NSCH. Prior to 2016, the NSCH and the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs were each conducted three times as interviewer-assisted telephone surveys using random digit dial sampling. In 2016, the two surveys were combined into a single annual self-administered questionnaire. Due to decline in the number of households with landline telephones, the NSCH now utilizes an addressed based sampling method to select participating households, thus all invitations are sent by mail. Participants may choose to complete the survey either online using a secure website or a mailed paper version of the survey. All final data components are verified by the Census Bureau, HRSA/MCHB and CAHMI/DRC staff prior to public release. More information about the survey can be found in the “About the National Survey of Children's Health” section of this website and HRSA’s MCHB website.
Indicator 4.12: Did this child receive coordinated, ongoing, comprehensive care within a medical home?
Download & Print
Notes: Click on the Column Header to sort the results by ascending or descending order. To get a detailed explanation of the data HOVER over the text in the table.
Select a Response Category: Care met medical home criteria Care did not meet medical home criteria
Data Source: National Survey of Children’s Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. https://mchb.hrsa.gov/data/national-surveys
Citation: Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative. 2016-2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data query. Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). Retrieved [mm/dd/yy] from [www.childhealthdata.org].