Early intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder: protocol for a scoping review of economic evaluations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In many countries, children who are diagnosed with autism during the first 5 years of life are offered a range of early intervention options. These options vary considerably in the theoretical approaches and techniques applied, their intensity and duration, settings, the person/s delivering supports and the training they require. Early interventions are a significant contributor to total autism-related costs in Western countries, but only in the last 10-20 years has there been adequate outcome data to enable the comparison of different interventions' cost-effectiveness. This protocol describes a scoping review to better understand what economic evaluations have been completed in this field, and the methods used to date.

Methods

We will systematically search the fo

SUBMITTER: Pye K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8579569 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature