Primary Care Pediatricians’ Referral Decisions for Autism in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review
Increased research efforts should focus on increasing referral rates to early intervention, which is appropriate even for children with false positive results screening at elevated autism likelihood. Rigorous studies that optimize referral processes across providers and settings are needed.
Authors
- Shana Attar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6729-3379)
- Sabine Scott
- Sarabeth Broder-Fingert
- Madison Chiu
- Wendy L. Stone
Institutions
- UMass Memorial Health Care (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- University of Oregon (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PEDIATRICS
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-069168
- Primary Topic
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00