Cost Offset Associated With Early Start Denver Model for Children With Autism
Cidav Z, Munson J, Estes A, et al. JAACAP 2017; 56(9): 777-783
This study from the developers of the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) show that it may be a cost-effective alternative to the traditional gold standard treatment for Autism, Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA). Children who received ESDM had higher health costs during the period of the intervention, but around $19,000 less health costs per year following treatment.