SPNEEDRX is a one-column variable.
1 = No -- No special health care need in the domain of prescription medication
2 = Yes -- Special health care need in the domain of prescription medication
9 = NIU
Description
SPNEEDRX indicates whether sample children age 17 and under met the criteria for having a special health care need in the domain of dependency on prescription medication. Children met the criteria for this classification if they currently needed or used medicine prescribed by a doctor (other than vitamins) because of a medical, behavioral, or other health condition that had lasted or was expected to last for at least 12 months.
SPNEEDRX is an IPUMS NHIS-created variable that summarizes responses given to a series of questions that were part of the Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Supplement included in the Sample Child Health Care Access and Utilization section of the NHIS. A value of 1 in SPNEEDRX indicates that the child did not have a special health care need in the domain of dependency on prescription medication; a value of 2 in SPNEEDRX indicates that the child had a special health care need in the domain of dependency on prescription medication. For information on the variables and scoring procedures used to determine if sample children qualified as having this particular special health care need, see CHNEEDRX.
Related Variables
Two other domains of special health care need can be identified through the questions asked in the CSHCN Supplement.
The variables SPNEEDSERV and SPNEEDLIM respectively indicate whether the child's special health care needs were in the domain of "service use above that considered usual or routine" and/or "functional limitations."
The IHIS-created variable SPNEEDKID indicates whether sample children age 17 and under met the criteria for having a special health care need. Children met the criteria for having a special health care need if they had a medical, behavioral, or other health condition that (1) lasted or was expected to last for at least 12 months, and (2) required health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. Children with a special health care need in any of the three domains identified by SPNEEDRX, SPNEEDSERV, and SPNEEDLIM have a positive value (IHIS code 2) in SPNEEDKID.
Universe
- 2002: Sample children under age 18.
Availability
- 2002
Weights
- 2002 : SAMPWEIGHT
