TY - JOUR
AU1 - Ahmedani, Brian
AU2 - Hock, Robert
AB - Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2012) 47:1807–1814 DOI 10.1007/s00127-012-0482-0 OR IGINAL PAPER Health care access and treatment for children with co-morbid autism and psychiatric conditions Brian K. Ahmedani Robert M. Hock Received: 28 April 2011 / Accepted: 28 January 2012 / Published online: 10 February 2012 Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract insurance coverage, and when they felt that health care Purpose To characterize the rate of comorbid psychiatric costs were unreasonable. conditions (CPC) among children with autism spectrum Conclusions The presence of a CPC seems to shape the disorders (ASD), to examine their treatment utilization, and treatment utilization and health outcomes of children with to investigate treatment delay or non-delivery. ASD. Because of this, health professionals working with Methods Lifetime ASD and CPC in children, aged 2–17, children with autism should give special attention to were investigated using data from the 2007–2008 National treatment of those with comorbid diagnoses. Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH). The NSCH surveyed parents and guardians regarding the health and well being, Keywords Autism  Developmental disability including treatment, of their child(ren) under age 18 Treatment  Access  Psychiatric comorbidity (n = 91,642). Children with health conditions were defined by parent report that a doctor or other 
TI - Health care access and treatment for children with co-morbid autism and psychiatric conditions
JF - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
DO - 10.1007/s00127-012-0482-0
DA - 2012-02-10
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/health-care-access-and-treatment-for-children-with-co-morbid-autism-0guga75oEr
SP - 1807
EP - 1814
VL - 47
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -