Abstract
In the United States, 17% of children ages 3–17 have a developmental disorder. The complexity of care for such children require families to provide a significant amount of health care at home, representing a substantial economic cost. Our study identifies sociodemographic characteristics of children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) that are predictive of unmet medical needs and food insecurity. We modeled the outcomes using a multivariable generalized linear model and a robust Cox proportional hazard model. Among children with NDD, 7.4% reported a delay in obtaining care, 3.6% avoided getting care and 17.3% live in a household that experienced food insecurity. Lack of health insurance and lack of usual source of care increased the risk for cost-related delay in medical care and cost-related avoidance of medical care. Children with NDD whose parents have less than a college degree and those from households with income <$75,000 had increased risk for food insecurity in the past 30 days. Our results underscore the need to implement additional screening to identify children with NDD who are at greater risk for unmet medical and social needs by health care providers and care coordination organizations.
Funder
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation
Health Resources and Services Administration
Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science®
Subject
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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