Emergency Department Use Among Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1441-1454

  Vohra, Rini ^a   Madhavan, Suresh ^a   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult autism; Autism; Autism injury; Autism trends; Emergency department; Emergency room; Expenditures; Medical conditions in autism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961206790     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-015-2692-2     Document Type: Article

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