Support For Transition From Adolescent To Adult Health Care Among Adolescents With & Without Mental, Behavioral, & Developmental Disorders — United States, 2016–2017

The report was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on August 26, 2020. The researchers analyzed pooled, parent-reported data from the 2016 and 2017 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), comparing adolescents, aged 12 to 17 years, with and without mental, behavioral, and developmental disorders on a composite measure and specific indicators of recommended health care transition planning by primary care professionals. The goal was to identify differences by diagnosis in the rate at which adolescents transitioned from pediatric to adult primary care . . .