A Profile on Emergency Department Utilization in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Autor/inn/en	Liu, Guodong; Pearl, Amanda M.; Kong, Lan; Leslie, Douglas L.; Murray, Michael J.
Titel	A Profile on Emergency Department Utilization in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (2017) 2, S.347-358 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liu, Guodong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-016-2953-8
Schlagwörter	Emergency Programs; Departments; Medical Services; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Adolescents; Young Adults; Help Seeking; Use Studies; Rural Areas; Females; Health Behavior; Access to Health Care + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hilfsprogramm; Department; Abteilung; Arzt; Autismus; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Benutzerschulung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Weibliches Geschlecht; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten
Abstract	There has been an increase in utilization of the Emergency Department (ED) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) which may reflect a deficit of services (Green et al., "Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" 40(3):325-332, 2001; Gurney et al., "Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine" 160:825-830, 2006; Leichtman et al., "American Journal of Orthopsyhciatry" 72(2):227-235, 2001). The current study examined the rates of ED utilization between 2005 and 2013 in ASD youth 12- to 21-years-old. Adolescents with ASD accessed ED services four times as often as adolescents without ASD. Older adolescents and those living in rural areas showed a significant increase in ED visits over time. Post hoc analysis revealed increased ED utilization for females and behavioral health ED services over time. Better access to and greater understanding of services for adolescents with ASD is a critical need. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01