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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedZins ZP, Wheeler KK, Brink F
Trends in US physician diagnosis of child physical abuse and neglect injuries, 2006-2014.
The purpose of this study was to determine if US child physical abuse and neglect injury rates changed from 2006 to 2014, whether definitive diagnoses of physical abuse and neglect were used more often over time, and what patient factors influenced definitive physical maltreatment diagnoses. The investigators found that definitive diagnoses of physical abuse and neglect increased over the study period and were associated with hospital volume and patient characteristics which may reflect provider experience and possible bias.
AHRQ-funded; HS024263.
Citation: Zins ZP, Wheeler KK, Brink F .
Trends in US physician diagnosis of child physical abuse and neglect injuries, 2006-2014.
Child Abuse Negl 2019 Dec;98:104179. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104179..
Keywords: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Children/Adolescents, Diagnostic Safety and Quality, Domestic Violence, Injuries and Wounds, Emergency Department, Hospitalization
Raghavan R, Brown DS, Allaire BT
Challenges in using Medicaid claims to ascertain child maltreatment.
Using data from the first National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being and Medicaid claims, this study assessed the validity of Medicaid codes in identifying maltreatment. Medicaid claims identify maltreatment in only 15 percent of all children identified by the child’s investigating child welfare worker as having been maltreated.
AHRQ-funded; HS020269.
Citation: Raghavan R, Brown DS, Allaire BT .
Challenges in using Medicaid claims to ascertain child maltreatment.
Challenges in using Medicaid claims to ascertain child maltreatment..
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Children/Adolescents, Medicaid
Klevens J, Barnett SB, Florence C
Exploring policies for the reduction of child physical abuse and neglect.
This article identifies 37 state policies that might have impacts on the social determinants of child maltreatment and utilizes the available data to explore effects of 11 policies. There were two policies that were significantly associated with decreased child maltreatment rates: lack of waitlists to access subsidized child care and policies that facilitate continuity of child health care.
AHRQ-funded; HS013853.
Citation: Klevens J, Barnett SB, Florence C .
Exploring policies for the reduction of child physical abuse and neglect.
Child Abuse Negl 2015 Feb;40:1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.07.013.
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Keywords: Domestic Violence, Children/Adolescents, Policy, Risk