Treatment is expensive; indirect costs are more so. A U.S. study estimated an average cost of $3.2 million in 2003 U.S. dollars for someone born in 2000, with about 10% medical care, 30% extra education and other care, and 60% lost economic productivity. Publicly supported programs are often inadequate or inappropriate for a given child, and unreimbursed out-of-pocket medical or therapy expenses are associated with likelihood of family financial problems; a 2008 U.S. study found a 14% average loss of annual income in families of children with ASD. After childhood, key treatment issues include residential care, job training and placement, sexuality, social skills, and estate planning.
Autism cost-effectiveness of therapy
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder cost-effectiveness of therapy
Hearing impairment cost-effectiveness of therapy
Anhedonia cost-effectiveness of therapy
Traumatic brain injury cost-effectiveness of therapy
Mental retardation epidemiology and demographics
Autism epidemiology
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder classification