Children with Heart Conditions and Their Special Health Care Needs — United States, 2016

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Chen, Meng-Yu ; Riehle-Colarusso, Tiffany ; Yeung, Lorraine F. ; Smith, Camille ; Farr, Sherry L.
• Corporate Authors:
  EdS
• Description:
  Children with heart conditions often use more health care services and specialized care than children without a heart condition (1); however, little is known about the number of U.S. children with heart conditions and their special health care needs. CDC used data from the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) to estimate the prevalence of heart conditions among U.S. children aged 0-17 years, which indicated that 1.3% had a current heart condition and 1.1% had a past heart condition (representing approximately 900,000 and 755,000 children, respectively). Sixty percent and 40% of children with current and past heart conditions, respectively, had one or more special health care needs, compared with 18.7% of children without a heart condition (adjusted prevalence ratios [aPRs] = 3.1 and 2.1, respectively). Functional limitations were 6.3 times more common in children with current heart conditions (30.7%) than in those without heart conditions (4.6%). Among children with current heart conditions, males, children with lower family income, and children living in other than a two-parent household had an increased prevalence of special health care needs. These findings highlight the importance of developmental Surveillance and screening for children with heart conditions and might inform public health resource planning.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Child Health Services Female Full Report Health Services Needs And Demand Heart Diseases Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Specialization

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 67(38):1045-1049.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6738a1
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  30260943
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6188128
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  38
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59971/cdc_59971_DS1.pdf
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