@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology of injury-related emergency department visits in the US among youth with autism spectrum disorder",
journal="Journal of autism and developmental disorders",
year="2016",
author="Kalb, Luther G. and Vasa, Roma A. and Ballard, Elizabeth D. and Woods, Steven and Goldstein, Mitchell and Wilcox, Holly C.",
volume="46",
number="8",
pages="2756-2763",
abstract="Several reports suggest children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more likely to be seen for injury-related ED visits; however, no nationally representative study has examined this question. Using data from the 2008 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, over a quarter of all visits among those with ASD were related to injury. In the multivariate analyses, the odds of an injury-related visit was 54 % greater among those with ASD compared to youth with intellectual disability (ID), but 48 % less compared to youth without ID or ASD. Compared to all other pediatric injury-visits in the US, visits among children with ASD were more likely to be due to self-inflicted injury and poisoning and were more likely to result in hospitalization (all p < 0.001).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0162-3257",
doi="10.1007/s10803-016-2820-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2820-7"
}