Examining Frequent Emergency Department Use among Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autor/inn/en	Beverly, Judith; Giannouchos, Theodoros; Callaghan, Timothy
Titel	Examining Frequent Emergency Department Use among Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Quelle	In: Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 25 (2021) 5, S.1382-1394 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Beverly, Judith)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1362-3613
DOI	10.1177/1362361321990925
Schlagwörter	Hospitals; Medical Services; Children; Adolescents; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Use Studies; Intervention; Multivariate Analysis; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Arzt; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Autismus; Benutzerschulung; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	We analyze the 2011-2016 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Emergency Department Databases and State Inpatient Databases for all emergency department visits by children and adolescents in New York to estimate the association between autism spectrum disorder and frequent emergency department utilization. Our study included 5.9 million individuals with 9.1 million emergency department visits. Of those, 31,682 had autism spectrum disorder (0.5%) accounting for 66,053 (0.7%) emergency department visits. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder had on average 0.6 more emergency department visits per year, were more likely to exhibit frequent emergency department use ([greater than or equal to] 4, [greater than or equal to] 6, [greater than or equal to] 8, and [greater than or equal to] 10 emergency department visits/year), and had larger shares of comorbidities and diagnoses related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, intellectual disability, and epilepsy. These findings highlight the need for patient and family-centered care interventions and emergency department staff education initiatives. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01