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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Pediatr. 2011 Oct 1;11(6):508–516. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2011.08.004

Table 2.

Reported Need and Unmet Need for Services for CSHCN with and without Disabilities*

Percentage with Service Need Present Percentage with Unmet Need for Services
CSHCN
with
disabilities
n=8,719
CSHCN
without
disabilities
n=32,004
Unadjusted Odds
Ratio (Confidence
Intervals) CSHCN
with disabilities
compared to other
CSHCN
CSHCN
with
disabilities
CSHCN
without
disabilities
Unadjusted Odds
Ratio (Confidence
Intervals) CSHCN
with disabilities
compared to
other CSHCN
Prescription
Medication
N=35,179
84.5% 86.9% 0.82 (0.74-0.92) 3.6% 1.4% 2.62 (1.97-3.47)
Specialty Care
N=21,064
67.6% 47.4% 2.32 (2.13-2.52) 8.6% 4.1% 2.25 (1.81-2.79)
Mental Health
N=10,171
33.7% 22.6% 1.74 (1.59-1.90) 17.9% 13.8% 1.36 (1.11-1.68)
PT/OT/Speech
Therapy
N=9,305
51.3% 15.1% 5.92 (5.43-6.48) 16.6% 10.9% 1.63 (1.30-2.05)
Medical Supplies
N=7,588
29.4% 15.7% 2.24 (2.04-2.46) 3.9% 1.8% 2.26 (1.39-3.67)
Durable Medical
Equipment
N=4,662
20.8% 8.9% 2.70 (2.41-3.02) 6.5% 2.2% 3.03 (1.71-5.38)
Respite Care
N=1,855
14.3% 1.9% 8.69 (7.19-10.50) 50.5% 43.0% 1.35 (0.93-1.95)
Home Health
N=1,826
11.4% 2.6% 4.82 (4.06-5.73) 12.9% 8.0% 1.71 (1.00-2.91)
Mobility Aids
N=1,823
11.0% 2.7% 4.53 (3.82-5.37) 9.8% 4.2% 2.48 (1.00-6.15)
Communication
Aids
N=898
8.1% 0.6% 14.99 (11.18-20.09) 26.4% 14.6% 2.09 (1.08-4.03)
At least one of the
listed identified
N= 39,020
96.7% 94.9% 1.60 (1.31-1.95) 22.8% 7.4% 3.71 (3.30-4.16)
*

If need was identified as present, the survey asked if that need had been met. Unmet need represents when the service was identified as needed and not met.