Percentage of adolescents receiving guidance on switching to adult healthcare, by condition

Of all the groups studied, autistic teenagers were the least likely to get appropriate counseling on transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare.

The researchers used parent-reported data from the National Survey of Children’s Health to determine how many teenagers met the criteria for transition planning laid out by the U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
Chart: Chart: Elissa Ball and Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky Source: Leeb et al. Get the data
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