Analysis of Disparities in Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Military Health System Pediatrics Population.

Analysis of Disparities in Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Military Health System Pediatrics Population.

Publication date: Jan 09, 2025

There have been disparities reported in prevalence of autism by gender, race, and socioeconomic status with older ages of diagnosis in non-White and in female children. Possible disparities in the ages of autism diagnosis are not well-established within the Military Health System (MHS) pediatric population, where we hypothesized less disparities given universal Tricare coverage for active-duty military families and theoretically equal access to the military treatment facility (MTF). We conducted retrospective cross-sectional analysis using deidentified database repository records from the MHS. We collected and analyzed demographic data on children covered by Tricare and newly diagnosed with autism within an MTF (N = 31,355) or outside of the MTF (5,579 respectively). Within the MTF, we identified younger ages of autism diagnosis in non-White children less than 18 years old (p 

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Concepts Keywords
18years Autism
Autism Autism spectrum disorder
Race Diagnosis
Socioeconomic Disparities
Therapy Military

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Autism Spectrum Disorder
disease MESH autism
drug DRUGBANK Aspartame
disease MESH Developmental Disabilities
drug DRUGBANK Trestolone
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
drug DRUGBANK Ethionamide
disease MESH asthma
pathway KEGG Asthma
disease MESH inflammatory bowel disease
pathway KEGG Inflammatory bowel disease
disease MESH neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
disease MESH Morbidity

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