| Title |
Age-Related Variation in Health Service Use and Associated Expenditures Among Children with Autism
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10803-012-1637-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Zuleyha Cidav, Lindsay Lawer, Steven C. Marcus, David S. Mandell |
| Abstract |
This study examined differences by age in service use and associated expenditures during 2005 for Medicaid-enrolled children with autism spectrum disorders. Aging was associated with significantly higher use and costs for restrictive, institution-based care and lower use and costs for community-based therapeutic services. Total expenditures increased by 5 % with each year of age; by 23 % between 3-5 and 6-11 year olds, 23 % between 6-11 and 12-16, and 14 % between 12-16 and 17-20 year olds. Use of and expenditures for long-term care, psychiatric medications, case management, medication management, day treatment/partial hospitalization, and respite services increased with age; use of and expenditures for occupational/physical therapy, speech therapy, mental health services, diagnostic/assessment services, and family therapy declined. |
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| Belgium | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Israel | 1 | <1% |
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| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 229 | 99% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 34 | 15% |
| Researcher | 30 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 7% |
| Other | 47 | 20% |
| Unknown | 53 | 23% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 11% |
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| Social Sciences | 19 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 13% |
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