National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs

From the Director of the National Center for Health Statistics

Dear Resident:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is asking for your help with an important study about the health of children and teenagers. This survey asks about the health services used by children and teenagers across the country. Local, state, and federal health authorities depend on the results of this study to measure, and improve upon, the status of healthcare available to both children and teenagers.

Your telephone number was picked at random from lists of phone numbers. It is important that we talk to your household to learn about the health of children in your community. When we call you, we will ask a few questions to see if your household is eligible for this study.

You do not have to take part in this study, but we hope you will. If you do, you can choose not to answer any questions you do not wish to answer.

To learn more about the study or to take part right away, call 1-866-999-3340, toll-free. CDC has hired the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago to conduct the survey. Our website shows how we have used the data from the 2005 survey - http://mchb.hrsa.gov/cshcn05/

Below are answers to questions you may have about the study.

Thank you very much for your help with this important research.

Sincerely,

Edward J. Sondik, Ph.D.

Director, National Center for Health Statistics

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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