TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of Contact with Hospital for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
T2 - A Danish Register-Based Study
AU - Atladóttir, Hjördis Osk
AU - Schendel, Diana
AU - Lauritsen, Marlene B
AU - Henriksen, Tine Brink
AU - Parner, Erik Thorlund
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The aim of this study was to study patterns of contact with hospital for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using Danish population based register data. We included all children born in Denmark from 1994 through 2002. We found that children diagnosed with ASD had an increased rate of contact with hospital, almost regardless of the cause for the hospital contact. Given the overall association between hospital contact for various causes and ASD observed in these data, hospital data should be used cautiously in future studies searching for associations between a specific disease and ASD. If the increased rate of hospital contact overall for children with ASD is not considered, then misleading over interpretations might be made of observed associations between specific diseases and ASD.
AB - The aim of this study was to study patterns of contact with hospital for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using Danish population based register data. We included all children born in Denmark from 1994 through 2002. We found that children diagnosed with ASD had an increased rate of contact with hospital, almost regardless of the cause for the hospital contact. Given the overall association between hospital contact for various causes and ASD observed in these data, hospital data should be used cautiously in future studies searching for associations between a specific disease and ASD. If the increased rate of hospital contact overall for children with ASD is not considered, then misleading over interpretations might be made of observed associations between specific diseases and ASD.
U2 - 10.1007/s10803-011-1416-5
DO - 10.1007/s10803-011-1416-5
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 22160299
SN - 0162-3257
VL - 42
SP - 1717
EP - 1728
JO - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
JF - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
IS - 8
ER -