Access to specialty care in autism spectrum disorders-a pilot study of referral source

Table 3 Reasons and Sources of Referral

Reason for Referral	ASD/XM¹			ASD/TAC¹			Comparison¹
	Total	Physician	Non-physician	Total²	Physician	Non-physician	Total	Physician	Non-physician
Behavioral/Developmental ³	84	21 (64%)	63 (84%)	56	18 (62%)	38 (74%)	38	25 (28%)	13 (68%)
Medical ³	24	12 (36%)	12 (16%)	15	7 (24%)	8 (16%)	70	64 (72%)	6 (32%)
Medical and Behavioral/Developmental ³	0	0	0	9	4 (14%)	5 (10%)	0	0	0

1. ASD/XM and Comparison denote children with ASD and other neurological disorders evaluated by XM respectively; ASD/TAC denotes the group of children with ASD evaluated by other members of The Autism Center.
2. One ASD whose chief complaint was not offered is not included. See text.
3. The numbers represent the number of children in each category. The numbers in parenthesis represent the percentage of total in each category.

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