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Taken from NationalCenter for Health Statistics Definition List
(See www.cdc.gov/nchs/datawh/nchsdefs/list.html for complete definitions)
Chronic condition/Special healthcare needs--Conditions that are not cured once acquired (such a heart disease, diabetes, congenital defects, mental illness, amputee) are considered chronic, while conditions related to pregnancy are always considered not chronic. Conditions must have been present 3 months or longer to be considered chronic.
Family- All people within a household related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption constitute a family. Each member of a family is classified according to the total income of the family. Unrelated individuals are classified according to their own income.
Family Activity-Time spent with affected child, parent(s), and siblings. May also include care providers, if different from parent(s).
Family Income-Family income includes wages, salaries, rents from property, interest, dividends, profits and fees from their own businesses, pensions, and help from relatives. Family income data are used in the computation of the poverty level.
Health Condition-A health condition is a departure from a state of physical or mental well-being.
Health Insurance Coverage-The term “health insurance” is broadly defined to include both public and private payers who cover medical expenditures incurred by a defined population in a variety of settings.
Low-Income families-
Poverty Level-poverty statistics are based on definitions originally developed by the SSI Administration. These include a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition. Families or individuals with income below their appropriate thresholds are classified as below the poverty level. These thresholds are updated annually by the U. S. Bureau of the Census to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI_U). For example, the average poverty threshold for a family of four was $17,603.00 in 2000 and $13,359.00 in 1999.
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International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-The ICD provides the ground rules for coding and classifying cause-of-death data. The ICD is developed collaboratively between the World Health Organization and 10 international centers, one of which is housed at NCHS.
The purpose of the ID is to promote international comparability in the collection, classification, processing, and presentation of health statistics. Since the beginning of the century, the ICD has been modified about once every 10 years, except for the 20 years interval between ICD-9 and ICD-10 (see table IV). The purpose of the revisions is to stay abreast with advances in medical science. New revisions usually introduce major disruptions in time series of mortality statistics (see tables V and VI).
Medicaid-Medicaid was authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act in 1965 as a jointly funded cooperative venture between the Federal and State governments to assist States in the provision of adequate medical care to eligible needy persons. Within broad Federal guidelines, each of the States establishes its own eligibility standards; determines the type, amount, duration, and scope of services; sets the rate of payment for services; and administers its own program.
National Center for Health Statistics-NCHS is the Nation’s principle health statistics agency. It designs, develops, and maintains a number of systems that produce data related to demographic and health concerns. These include data on registered births and deaths, the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), and the National Health Care Survey, and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), among others. NCHS is one of the Centers for Disease control and Prevention. (CDC), which is part of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Health Expenditures-National Health Expenditures are estimated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and measure spending for health care in the United States by type of service delivered (e.g., hospital care, physician services, nursing homecare) and source of funding for those services (e.g., private health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, out-of-pocket spending). CMS produces both historical and projected estimates of health expenditures by category.
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)-Title XXI of the SSI Act, known as the State Children’s Insurance Program, is a program initiated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). SCHIP provides more Federal fund for State to provide health care coverage to low-income, uninsured children. SCHIP gives States broad flexibility in program design while protecting beneficiaries through Federal Standards. Funds from SCHIP may be used to provide medical assistance to children during a presumptive eligibility period for Medicaid. This is one of several options from which States may select to provide health care coverage for more children, as prescribed within the BBA’s Title XXI program.
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