STUDY OF HEALTH OUTCOMES IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THEIR FAMILIES

这份合同是一项描述性研究，分析现有数据以描述患有自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)的儿童及其家庭的健康结果和卫生保健服务的利用情况，并将其与人口统计匹配的对照组进行比较。健康结果研究将使用一个或多个以人口为基础的美国居民大样本的数据来描述自闭症患者及其家庭的健康结果。该合同还要求提供投入，以确定现有数据来源中所含信息的类型、数量、完整性和准确性是否可用于未来的举措，以单独或更可信地结合原始数据评估自闭症的潜在风险因素和后果/后遗症。

This contract is a descriptive study, analyzing existing data to describe health outcomes and utilization of health care services in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families, and compare them with demographically matched controls. The Health Outcomes Study will employ data on one or more large, population-based samples of U.S. residents to describe the health outcomes in individuals with autism and their families. This Contract also requests input in determining whether the type, amount, completeness, and accuracy of the information contained in existing data sources could be used in future initiatives to evaluate potential risk factors for and consequences/sequellae of ASD, alone or, more plausibly, in combination with primary data.