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VA avg cost per year per child, $6869, total responses=245 US avg cost per year per child, $5955, total responses=6723
VA Asperger avg annual cost per child, $4558, responses=45 VA Other ASD avg annual cost per child, $8042, responses=38 VA Autism avg annual cost per child, $6996, responses=113 VA PDD-NOS avg annual cost per child, $7745, responses=47 US Asperger avg annual cost per child, $3908, responses=1144 US Other ASD avg annual cost per child, $5567, responses=865 US Autism avg annual cost per child, $6102, responses=3124 US PDD-NOS avg annual cost per child, $5633, responses=1563

Average annual out-of-pocket cost (US $) per treatment among Top Ten Treatments, US v VA
TreatmentsUS avg cost, US $US responsesVA avg cost, US $VA responses
Speech and Language Therapy $9374235$1224142
Occupational Therapy $7263397$1249100
Medications $3522768$696112
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) $54611800$746661
Social Skills Group $10521066$113432
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) $242916$11320
Physical Therapy $435869$600012
Sensory Integration Therapy $1163858$108024
Visual Schedules $89855$62729
Social Stories $158777$71827

Retrieved 9 Feb 2010
Data current as of 8 Feb 2010 03:00:30