Evaluation of Equity in Hospice Care Utilization Among Medicare-Enrolled Autistic Older Adults
Given the body of literature documenting health disparities in autistic people, our findings are heartening, suggesting Medicare-enrolled autistic older adults experience similar receipt and timing of hospice as non-autistic peers. Our findings highlight the potential power of health policies that provide zero cost, universal benefits to Americans in reducing healthcare utilization disparities among autistic people.
Authors
- Brian W. Patterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4584-3808)
- Brittany N. Hand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2026-8461)
- J. Madison Hyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-3462)
- Lauren Bishop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1269-4129)
- Anne Longo
- Deondray Radford
- Elizabeth M. Krantz
- Bethany J. Wolf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7124-5158)
- Melica Nikahd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1848-2122)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Autism in Adulthood
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0007
- Primary Topic
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00