Occupational Therapy Service Delivery Among Medicaid-Enrolled Children and Adults on the Autism Spectrum and With Other Intellectual Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rates of occupational therapy service utilization among people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID) have not been explored in population-based samples.

Objective

To describe occupational therapy services delivered to Medicaid-eligible persons younger than age 65 yr identified as having ASD, ID, or both and to evaluate demographic factors associated with occupational therapy service utilization in this population.

Design

Retrospective, case-control, cohort study using claims records from Medicaid Analytic eXtract files (2009-2012).

Setting

Data from all 50 states and Washington, DC.

Participants

Beneficiaries identified as having ASD only, ASD+ID, or ID only who were younger than age 18 yr (N = 664,214) and ages 1

SUBMITTER: Benevides TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8865574 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature