Brief Report: Forecasting the Economic Burden of Autism in 2015 and 2025 in the United States

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4135-4139

  Leigh, J Paul ^a   Du, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Non medical services; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FORECASTING; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84947866144     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2521-7     Document Type: Article

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