Substantiation and maltreatment rereporting: A propensity score analysis

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Fuller, Tamara ^a   Nieto, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Propensity scores; Recurrence; Rereporting; Substantiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME VICTIMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK;

EID: 58149508791     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559508326925     Document Type: Article

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