Racial and ethnic differences in subspecialty service use by children with autism

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-100

  Broder Fingert, Sarabeth ^a,c   Shui, Amy ^a   Pulcini, Christian D ^b   Kurowski, Daniel ^a   Perrin, James M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Centerfor Child and Adolescent Health Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Autism; Diagnosis; Racial disparity; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP;

ACCESS; AUTISM; DIAGNOSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY; SPECIALTY CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; NEUROLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879974419     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3886     Document Type: Article

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