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Demographic differences in access to health/therapeutic services over first year of the pandemic: a SPARK COVID-19 impact survey analysis.
- Source :
- Frontiers in Health Services; 2024, p1-14, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Introduction: This analysis examined changes in services received and service recovery one-year post-pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels in children with ASD aged between 19 months and 17 years in various subgroups based on factors such as age, income, race/ethnicity, geographic location, and sex. Methods: An online, parent report survey was completed by the parents of children with ASD in the SPARK study cohort (N = 6,393). Descriptive statistics, chi-square analyses, and Spearman correlations were performed to study associations between various factors and service access, pre-pandemic and one-year, post-pandemic. Results: One year after pandemic, the lag in service recovery in children with ASD was greatest for PT/OT services followed by SLT. ABA services only recovered in half of the subgroups. In contrast, SES fully recovered and MH and MED services superseded pre-pandemic levels. Across majority of the timepoints, younger children received more SLT, PT/OT, and ABA services whereas older children received more SES, MH, and MED services. Higher income families accessed more SES, SLT, and ABA whereas lower income families received more MH services. White families received less SLT compared to non-white families. Hispanic families received more SLT services compared to non-Hispanic families. Compared to rural families, urban families received more ABA services at baseline which also recovered one year after the pandemic. Certain counterintuitive findings may be attributed to home/remote schooling leading to reduced access to related services. Conclusions: Future research and policy changes are needed to address the American healthcare vulnerabilities when serving children with ASD by enhancing the diversity of healthcare formats for continued service access during future pandemics and other similar crises. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEALTH services accessibility
STATISTICAL correlation
AUTISM in children
INCOME
SECONDARY analysis
DATA analysis
RESEARCH funding
AUTISM
SEX distribution
QUESTIONNAIRES
MEDICAL care
AGE distribution
POPULATION geography
CHI-squared test
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RACE
SURVEYS
LONGITUDINAL method
RURAL conditions
STATISTICS
MINORITIES
DATA analysis software
COVID-19 pandemic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Health Services
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177236819
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2024.1343636