Maltreatment Related Hospitalizations Among Children Ages 17 Years and Younger: New York State, 2011–2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Matern Child Health J
• Personal Author:
  Ghazaryan, Lusine ; Xiong, Kuangnan ; Kroelinger, Charlan ; Rankin, Kristin ; Sappenfield, Olivia ; Kacica, Marilyn
• Description:
  Background
  
  Child maltreatment is an important societal and public health problem. However, there are limited data on the epidemiology of maltreatment related hospitalizations.
  
  Objective
  
  The objective of this study was to describe maltreatment related hospitalizations among children ages 17 and younger in New York State (NYS).
  
  Methods
  
  Using 2011–2013 statewide planning and research cooperative system (SPARCS) inpatient hospital discharge data, maltreatment related hospitalizations among children ages 17 years and younger were identified using international classification of diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification codes for diagnoses and external cause of injury. Distributions of demographic and inpatient care characteristics were compared between hospitalizations for maltreatment and those for other causes, and between different types of maltreatment, using chi-square tests (for categorical variables) and t-tests (for continuous variables).
  
  Results
  
  During 2011–2013, a total of 853 maltreatment related hospitalizations among 836 children ages 17 years and younger were documented in NYS SPARCS. Infants (children < 1) had the highest rates of hospitalization. Overall, physical abuse was the most prevalent maltreatment type reported.
  
  Conclusions
  
  This is the first study in NYS to describe the epidemiology of child maltreatment hospitalizations; it establishes a statewide baseline for this public health and societal issue.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child Child Abuse Hospitalization Humans Infant International Classification Of Diseases New York Physical Abuse
• Source:
  Matern Child Health J. 26(3):493-499
• Pubmed ID:
  35188620
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10987192
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:10c3c620d62d3599493f90052d4efecfb53fbfd245baf1b973d3e17577b9c514
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/153671/cdc_153671_DS1.pdf
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