Urbanicity-Related Variation in Help-Seeking and Services Utilization among Preschool-Age Children with Autism in Taiwan

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Chuan-Yu; Liu, Chieh-Yu; Su, Wen-Chuan; Huang, Su-Ling; Lin, Keh-Ming
Titel	Urbanicity-Related Variation in Help-Seeking and Services Utilization among Preschool-Age Children with Autism in Taiwan
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 (2008) 3, S.489-497 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-007-0416-y
Schlagwörter	Autism; Disadvantaged; Health Insurance; Preschool Children; Identification; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Help Seeking; Databases; Control Groups; Clinical Diagnosis; Prediction; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autismus; Krankenversicherung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ausland; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Datenbank; Vorhersage
Abstract	The present study examines urbanicity-related differences in help-seeking process among preschool children with autism and investigates the factors associated with utilization of autism-related services within the year of diagnosis. Using the 1997-2004 National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan, we identified a total of 3495 autistic children born in 1997-1999 and 13964 matched controls. Results indicate that suburban and rural autism tended to receive the diagnosis at an older age and to have a longer diagnosis process as compared with urban counterparts. Male gender, a younger age of diagnosis, and being diagnosed by psychiatric specialty strongly predict subsequent greater utilization of autism-specific services (all p less than 0.05). Health policy makers and other service providers should address the needs of children with early-onset neurodevelopmental disorders in rural areas, particularly those from disadvantaged families. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10