Brief Report: Emergency Department Utilization by Individuals with Autism

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1096-1102

  Iannuzzi, Dorothea A ^a,d   Cheng, Erika R ^b   Broder Fingert, Sarabeth ^b   Bauman, Margaret L ^c  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Atrius Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

(ASD); Autism; Emergency department (ED); Epilepsy; Psychiatric; Seizure; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SPRAIN; AGE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRENDS; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925541922     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2251-2     Document Type: Article

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