Table 4.
Families of children with special health care needs reporting difficulty with accessing services in last 12 months, by complexity.
| Service Needed | Total weighted n |
Less-Complex | More-Complex | AOR (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # Less-Complex | % received service |
# More-Complex | % received service |
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| Preventive care | 7,938,113 | 7,647,578 | 98 | 290,535 | 97 | 1.5 (.65, 3.3) |
| Specialty care | 5,281,140 | 4,956,878 | 95 | 324,262 | 94 | 2.0 (1.3, 3.1) |
| Preventive dental care | 8,273,973 | 8,009,206 | 92 | 264,767 | 87 | .82 (.56, 1.2) |
| Other dental care | 2,464,893 | 2,396,862 | 98 | 68,031 | 96 | 1.0 (.38, 2.7) |
| Prescriptions | 8,811,327 | 8,501,168 | 98 | 310,159 | 95 | .50 (.26, .97) |
| Therapies | 2,330,249 | 2,045,493 | 87 | 140,048 | 80 | .83 (.59, 1.2) |
| Mental health care | 2,550,503 | 2,397,218 | 85 | 153,285 | 84 | 1.1 (.68, 1.8) |
| Substance abuse counseling | 196,311 | 190,559 | 79 | 5,752 | 83 | .48 (.11, 2.2) |
| Home health services | 457,942 | 365,896 | 90 | 73,545 | 86 | 1.0 (.41, 2.5) |
| Eyeglasses/vision care | 3,404,342 | 3,239,572 | 96 | 164,770 | 93 | .74 (.37, 1.5) |
| Hearing aid/care | 482,090 | 407,511 | 92 | 74,579 | 93 | 1.6 (.58, 4.2) |
| Respite care | 464,223 | 363,301 | 53 | 100,922 | 51 | 1.1 (.72, 1.7) |
| Genetic counseling | 577,468 | 506,555 | 76 | 70,913 | 78 | 1.3 (.67, 2.7) |
| Family mental health counseling | 1,253,180 | 1,140,519 | 81 | 112,661 | 80 | 1.4 (.87, 2.1) |
| Referrals | 3,355,014 | 3,151,700 | 79 | 995,768 | 70 | .79 (.55, 1.1) |
| ≥1 unmet medical service total | 10,221,439 | 9,897,419 | 20 | 324,020 | 49 | 1.9 (1.4, 2.5) |
| ≥5 unmet medical service total | 10,221,439 | 9,897,419 | .84 | 324,020 | 5 | 2.4 (1.3, 4.3) |
| Very satisfied with medical services |
9,978,472 | 9,656,167 | 60 | 322,305 | 39 | .69 (.54, .89) |
| Non-medical services | 10,128,214 | 9,806,137 | 10 | 322,077 | 33 | 2.1 (1.6, 2.8) |
All data weighted. Total n = weighted subjects for which question was applicable (e.g. preventive care needed). Less-Complex and More-Complex n are the total weighted study subjects for each category. Analyses adjusted for age, insurance, income, usual source of health care, autism, mental retardation, emotional disturbance, cerebral palsy, seizure, joint problems.