The medical cost of abusive head trauma in the United States

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-99

  Peterson, Cora ^a   Xu, Likang ^a   Florence, Curtis ^a   Parks, Sharyn E ^a   Miller, Ted R ^b,c   Barr, Ronald G ^d   Barr, Marilyn ^e   Steinbeigle, Ryan ^e  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Economic analysis; Shaken baby syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SERVICE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD ABUSE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME;

CHILD ABUSE; COST OF ILLNESS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904215511     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-0117     Document Type: Article

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