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Lin, Lan-Ping; Hsu, Shang-Wei; Kuo, Fang-Yu; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2013
The present paper aims to provide information of long-term trend of distribution and utilization of institutional care resource for people with disabilities by different geographic areas in Taiwan. Data were analyzed using governmental reported general population by administrative area, population of persons with disabilities, and the profile of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Welfare Services, Social Services
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Hung, Wen-Jiu; Lin, Lan-Ping; Lai, Chia-Im – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
There were not many studies to provide information on health access and health utilization of people with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The present study describes a general profile of hospital admission and the medical cost among people with ASD, and to analyze the determinants of medical cost. A retrospective study was employed to analyze…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Expenditures, Autism, Hospitals
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Lin, Jin-Ding; Sung, Chang-Lin; Lin, Lan-Ping; Liu, Ta-Wen; Lin, Pei-Ying; Chen, Li-Mei; Chu, Cordia M.; Wu, Jia-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study aims to establish evidence-based data to explore the perceptions and experience of primary care physicians in the Pap smear screening provision for women with intellectual disabilities (ID), and to analyze the associated factors in the delivery of screening services to women with ID in Taiwan. Data obtained by a cross-sectional survey…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Females, Mental Retardation, Physicians
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Lin, Pei-Ying; Lin, Lan-Ping; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The present paper aims to assess the hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia prevalence of adolescents with intellectual disabilities, and to recognize the health disparities between the study participants and the general population. This study conducted a cross-sectional medical chart analysis of 856 students who participated in school…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Body Composition, Incidence, Mental Retardation
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Lin, Lan-Ping; Lin, Pei-Ying; Chu, Cordia M.; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Although many previous studies have begun to address the reproductive health needs of women with intellectual disabilities; however, the supportive behaviors of caregivers to assist their reproductive health is not well understood. Data from a cross-sectional survey of ""2009 National Survey on Reproductive Health Care Needs and Health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Health Needs, Females, Mental Retardation
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Hsu, Shang-Wei; Lin, Ya-Wen; Chwo, Miao-Ju; Huang, Hui-Chi; Yen, Chia-Feng; Lin, Lan-Ping; Wu, Jia-Ling; Lin, Jin-Ding – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Although many studies have explored emergency services for children, there are few published reports of the utilization of emergency services by children with disabilities. The present study attempts to provide data regarding the utilization of, and factors affecting, emergency department visits by disabled children in Taipei. A general census of…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Economic Status, Pain, Seizures