Table 3.
Unmet medical needs due to cost in past year among children with autism spectrum disorder, by geographic region
| Total % (SE) |
Northeast % (SE) |
Midwest % (SE) |
South % (SE) |
West % (SE) |
F-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical care | 1.8 (0.7) | 0.8 (0.6) | 1.1 (1.1) | 3.8 (1.8) | 0.2c (0.2) | 3.07* |
| Seeing a specialist | 6.3 (1.4) | 2.9 (2.3) | 6.7 (2.5) | 8.9 (2.8) | 4.9 (2.6) | 0.92 |
| Follow-up care | 4.2 (1.2) | 2.9 (2.3) | 3.9 (1.8) | 7.2 (2.8) | 0.7 (0.6) | 2.19 |
| Prescription medicine | 4.4 (1.0) | 4.2 (2.8) | 4.5 (2.0) | 4.5 (1.6) | 4.1 (2.1) | 0.01 |
| Mental health care or counseling | 4.2 (1.0) | 2.3 (1.4) | 3.9 (2.0) | 3.9 (1.5) | 6.6 (2.6) | 0.80 |
| Any unmet need | 12.1 (2.0) | 9.3 (3.6) | 8.5 (2.7) | 15.2 (4.0) | 13.4 (4.0) | 0.85 |
NOTES: SE is standard error
c
Significantly different from children in South after adjustment for child and family characteristics (p<0.05)
*
p<0.05