Costs
ASD-specific therapies
Yearly costs for children ages 2–17 years included excess healthcare costs, school costs, ASD-specific therapies, and caregiver time for individuals with ASD when compared with demographic and non-ASD-illness adjusted peers, resulting in an estimated cost of $19,199/year [The cost of CB infusion in the intervention arm in the base-case analysis was assumed to be $15,000. For reference, previous research cites a $3,000 cost for private umbilical cord blood banking at a storage facility for 20 years, and outpatient infusion costs at $3–4,000 [