Urban-Rural Disparity in the Incidence of Diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder in Taiwan : A 10-Year National Birth Cohort Follow-up Study

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is reportedly more prevalent in urban areas partly because of better accessibility and affordability to healthcare. With universal health insurance coverage in Taiwan, a previous study has shown no urban-rural disparity in the utilization rate of a child's preventive healthcare. Under this circumstance, we followed a birth cohort of 176,273 live births from 2006 to 2015 to detect the differences in ASD incidence between urbanicities. After adjusting for socioeconomic factors, children were 1.28 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.13-1.44) and 1.54 (95% CI: 1.36-1.75) more likely to acquire ASD in satellite and urban areas compared with those in rural areas, respectively. A gradient association between parental educational attainment and ASD incidence was also noted. Greater ASD incidences in more urbanized areas and more advanced educated parents' children were detected under a circumstance with low barriers to healthcare.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Journal of autism and developmental disorders - 53(2023), 5 vom: 07. Mai, Seite 2127-2137

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hsu, Yuu-Hueih [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chi-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Yuh-Jyh [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chung-Yi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autism spectrum disorder/diagnosis
Autism spectrum disorder/epidemiology
Child
Cohort Study
Incidence
Journal Article
Risk factor
Urbanization

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Date Completed 25.04.2023

Date Revised 25.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10803-022-05453-x

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336649657