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VA avg cost per year per child, $6809, total responses=256 US avg cost per year per child, $5947, total responses=7042
VA Asperger avg annual cost per child, $4517, responses=45 VA Other ASD avg annual cost per child, $8041, responses=38 VA Autism avg annual cost per child, $6949, responses=123 VA PDD-NOS avg annual cost per child, $7544, responses=48 US Asperger avg annual cost per child, $3910, responses=1201 US Other ASD avg annual cost per child, $5535, responses=919 US Autism avg annual cost per child, $6075, responses=3255 US PDD-NOS avg annual cost per child, $5583, responses=1640

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 $9224394$1234148
Occupational Therapy $7233529$1200104
Medications $3502903$673116
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) $54541864$690866
Social Skills Group $10461104$113432
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) $240940$11320
Physical Therapy $427903$600012
Visual Schedules $99882$62731
Sensory Integration Therapy $1158880$108025
Social Stories $175799$68729

Retrieved 3 Sep 2010
Data current as of 3 Sep 2010 03:00:28