Age-Related Variation in Health Service Use and Associated Expenditures among Children with Autism

Autor/inn/en	Cidav, Zuleyha; Lawer, Lindsay; Marcus, Steven C.; Mandell, David S.
Titel	Age-Related Variation in Health Service Use and Associated Expenditures among Children with Autism
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 43 (2013) 4, S.924-931 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-012-1637-2
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Physical Therapy; Autism; Speech Therapy; Expenditures; Mental Health Programs; Family Counseling; Age Differences; Access to Health Care; Costs; Children; Adolescents; Drug Therapy; Hospitals; Caseworkers; Respite Care; Occupational Therapy; Clinical Diagnosis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Physiotherapie; Autismus; Entwicklungsproximale Sprachtherapie; Logotherapie; Ausgaben; Family counselling; Familienberatung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Cost; Kosten; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Beschäftigungstherapie
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. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10