Nonfatal injury emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations among persons under age 65 with an intellectual and developmental disability or deaf or hard of hearing disability
These findings have implications for health policy at the state and federal level. Clinical care interventions to reduce assault, self-harm, drug poisonings and unintentional injuries and healthcare utilization in persons with IDD or DHH should be publicly funded or covered by health insurance.
Authors
- Julia F. Costich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-4478)
- Terry L. Bunn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8131-9715)
- Jacqueline Seals (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2994-4948)
- Dana Quesinberry
- A. A. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6401-2033)
Institutions
- University of Kentucky (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Injury Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-025-00580-2
- Primary Topic
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department for Public Health, Cabinet for Health and Family Services