Costs of autism spectrum disorders in the United Kingdom and the United States

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 721-728

  Buescher, Ariane V S ^a   Cidav, Zuleyha ^b,c   Knapp, Martin ^a   Mandell, David S ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COST; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905180333     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.210     Document Type: Article

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