Toward innovative, Cost-Effective, and systemic solutions to improve outcomes and Well-being of military families affected by autism spectrum disorder

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-79

  Klin, Ami ^a,b,c   Wetherby, Amy M ^d,e   Woods, Juliann ^d   Saulnier, Celine ^a,b   Stapel Wax, Jennifer ^a,b   Klaiman, Cheryl ^a,b   Jones, Warren ^a,b,c   Rubin, Emily ^a   Scahill, Lawrence ^a,b   Call, Nathan ^a,b   Bearss, Karen ^a,b   Gunter, Chris ^a,b   Courtemanch, Charles J ^f,g   Lemieux, Anthony ^b,f   Cox, James C ^f   Mandell, David S ^h,i   Van Decar, James P ^j   Miller, Ronald A ^k   Shireman, Cherri L ^l  

^a CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^j AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k IQVIA   (United States)

^l KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Early diagnosis; Early intervention; Health care system; Implementation science; Military

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MILITARY FAMILY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MILITARY FAMILY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84936742911     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: 15514056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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