Is medical home care adequacy associated with educational service use in children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)?

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends medical home care for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for health needs. Children and youth with ASD also receive educational services for cognitive, social, and behavioral needs. We measured whether inadequate medical home care was significantly associated with current educational service use, controlling for sociodemographic factors.

Methods

We analyzed the 2016/2017 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) on 1,248 children and youth with ASD ages 1-17. Inadequate medical home care was operationalized as negative or missing responses to at least one medical home component. Educational service use was defined as current service use under individualized family service plans (IFSP) and in

SUBMITTER: Rizk S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9827663 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature