Costs of childhood physical abuse: Comparing inflicted and unintentional traumatic brain injuries

Pediatrics

Volumn 112, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 58-65

  Libby, Anne M ^a   Sills, Marion R ^a   Thurston, Norman K ^b   Orton, Heather D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Craniocerebral trauma; Direct service costs; Head injuries; Health care costs; Health expenditures; Hospital costs; Length of stay; Nervous system; Severity of illness; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; DIRECT SERVICE COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VOLITION;

EID: 0037743437     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.112.1.58     Document Type: Article

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