TABLE 4.
EI Program Service Type, Frequency of Service, and Number of Years Enrolled by Gestational Age Group, MA, 1998–2008
| Late Preterm
|
Early Term
|
Term
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Total infants | 6423 | 100 | 17 240 | 100 | 49 084 | 100 |
| Type of service useda | ||||||
| Developmental specialist | 5590 | 87.0 | 15 193 | 88.1 | 42 858 | 87.3 |
| Occupational therapist | 4211 | 65.6 | 10 791 | 62.6 | 30 463 | 62.1 |
| Speech language pathologist | 4037 | 62.9 | 11 945 | 69.3 | 34 501 | 70.3 |
| Social worker | 3796 | 59.1 | 10 022 | 58.1 | 28 481 | 58.0 |
| Physical therapist | 3621 | 56.4 | 8416 | 48.8 | 23 466 | 47.8 |
| Nurse | 2431 | 37.8 | 5698 | 33.1 | 15 621 | 31.8 |
| Psychologist counselor | 1828 | 28.5 | 4851 | 28.1 | 13 440 | 27.4 |
| Specialty provider | 295 | 4.6 | 799 | 4.6 | 2199 | 4.5 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Number of EI services used | 4.1 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 |
| Number of calendar yearsb enrolled in EI services | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.8 |
a
Does not total to 100% because each a child may have used more than 1 service.
b
Calendar years maybe greater than 3. For example, a child who was born in October 1998 may still be enrolled in March 2002. The child is 3 years old but has been enrolled for 4 calendar years.