HRSA will release 2019 data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) on October 5, which is also National Child Health Day. The NSCH provides the latest national and state-level data on the health and health care needs of children as well as information about their families and communities.

Survey topics include:

• Children’s physical and mental health;
• Health insurance status;
• Access to and use of health care services, including:
  • Receipt of preventive and specialty care;
  • Patient-centered medical home; and
  • Services to support transition to adult health care for adolescents;
• Lifetime exposure to adverse childhood experiences, and more.

The NSCH is funded and directed by HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau and conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, which oversees sampling, survey administration and the production of a final data set for public use.

Look for the release on our social media channels (@HRSAgov), and like and share to show your support of Child Health Day.

Learn more about the National Survey of Children’s Health.

October 2, 2020| Data Brief No. 383

Select key findings
Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality

• Age-adjusted rates of alcohol-induced deaths among adults aged 25 and over were stable from 2000 to 2006, then increased 43% from 10.7 per 100,000 in 2006 to 15.3 in 2018.
• For both males and females, alcohol-induced death rates increased at a greater rate between 2000 and 2018 in rural compared with urban areas.

Keywords

urban–rural, trends, health disparities, National Vital Statistics System-Mortality (NVSS-M)

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This webinar brings together experts to explore the impacts of systemic racism and social and economic inequalities on the health and well-being of Latinos, and to provide effective strategies for addressing these challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The expert panelists discuss:

• The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Latino communities and how unemployment, uninsurance, immigration status and limited English proficiency have been the strongest predictors of COVID-19 cases
• The diverse history of Latinos in the United States and the need for more inclusion and representation of Latinos and other communities of color in clinical trials and studies
• How a health plan in Florida is partnering to implement community-based primary care to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of the diverse Latino population in the state

View the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) infographic on Latino health & COVID-19; available in English and Spanish. View NIHCM’s recent infographic and webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on the health of Black Americans.

A new report from the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics compares 41 indicators of well-being in children by the type of community they live in. (These are metropolitan, nonmetropolitan, micropolitan, or rural, according to the Office of Management and Budget.) The brief finds that infant mortality rates were highest in rural counties (6.8 per 1,000). During the same time, the mortality rate for Hispanic and American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic infants was also higher for those living in rural counties than those living in micropolitan and metropolitan counties. Separately, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Mental Health Treatment Among Children Aged 5-17 years, 2019, finding that as the level of urbanization decreased, the percentage of children who had taken medication for their mental health increased.

The Pennsylvania State Data Center released their latest brief which highlights access to broadband internet over the past five years in Pennsylvania. The interactive chart also allows for analysis by age and race. Click here to read the brief, or click here to go straight to the chart.

The Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee requests public input on the role that telehealth can play in new physician payment models.  This committee reviews and recommends payment models proposed by the public to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and they have posed several questions in this RFI to improve their understanding of how telehealth is used in value-based care and how it can be improved.  Find more information here.  Email comments to PTAC@HHS.gov.

This study from the North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center evaluated differences in urban hospitals with high and low percentages of rural inpatient days using several indicators. These indicators fall into five broad categories: Medicare payer mix, size, profitability, distance to the next closest hospital, and wage index. Read more here.

This week, the National Rural Health Resource Center released findings from their May 2020 Virtual Summit, which focused on the issues, challenges, and strategies related to the integration of acute and post-acute care in rural areas.  The report covers the current state of rural post-acute care, including the impact of COVID-19, and explores strategies and tactics to address key issues, such as payment, workforce, and community care coordination. Read more here.