Delay from Screening to Diagnosis in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Results from a Large National Health Research Network

Overview

Journal J Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2023 May 27

PMID 37244580

Authors

Yu-Hsin Chen

Madison Drye

Qiushi Chen

Madison Fecher

Guodong Liu

Whitney Guthrie

Affiliations

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Abstract

To examine delay from developmental screening to autism diagnosis, we used real-world health care data from a national research network to estimate the time between these events. We found an average delay of longer than 2 years from first screening to diagnosis, with no significant differences observed by sex, race, or ethnicity.

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