Trends, Diagnoses, and Hospitalization Costs of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States of America

Trends, Diagnoses, and Hospitalization Costs of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States of America

We conducted a secondary analysis of the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) to examine child abuse and neglect hospitalization from 1998–2016. The NIS is the largest all-payer, inpatient care database in the United States and is maintained by the Health Care Utilization Project. Participants were youth...

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Main Authors: Armeda Stevenson Wojciak, Brandon Butcher, Aislinn Conrad, Carol Coohey, Resmiye Oral, Corinne Peek-Asa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
child maltreatment
hospitalization rates
hospitalization costs
National Inpatient Sample
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/14/7585

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