Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Medicaid-Enrolled Autistic Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Autistic adults experience suboptimal health outcomes. Likewise, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is linked to poor health outcomes in the general population, yet little is known about co-occurring ADHD and its links with poor health outcomes among autistic adults.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of ADHD and ADHD medication prescriptions and to examine associations between health outcomes and both ADHD co-occurrence and ADHD medication prescriptions among autistic adults.

Design, setting, and participants

Population-based cohort study of US Medicaid-enrolled adults aged 18 years and older, including autistic adults with and without co-occurring intellectual disability (ID), adults with ID without autism, and adults from a random sample

SUBMITTER: Yerys BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822541 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature