Emergency Department Use Among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Rini Vohra; Suresh Madhavan; Usha Sambamoorthi

doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2692-2

Emergency Department Use Among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Rini Vohra, Suresh Madhavan, Usha Sambamoorthi

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Abstract

A cross-sectional analyses using Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (2006–2011) was conducted to examine the trends, type of ED visits, and mean total ED charges for adults aged 22–64 years with and without ASD (matched 1:3). Around 0.4 % ED visits (n = 25,527) were associated with any ASD and rates of such visits more than doubled from 2006 to 2011 (2549–6087 per 100,000 admissions). Adults with ASD visited ED for: primary psychiatric disorder (15 %_ASD vs. 4.2 %_noASD), primary non-psychiatric disorder (16 %_ASD vs. 14 %_noASD), and any injury (24 %_ASD vs. 28 %_noASD). Mean total ED charges for adults with ASD were 2.3 times higher than for adults without ASD. Findings emphasize the need to examine the extent of frequent ED use in this population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1441-1454
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	46
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2692-2
State	Published - 1 Apr 2016

Keywords

Adult autism
Autism
Autism injury
Autism trends
Emergency department
Emergency room
Expenditures
Medical conditions in autism

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