Health Care costs associated with Child Maltreatment: Impact on Medicaid

2013-09-192013-09-192013http://hdl.handle.net/11212/394http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/132/2/312.full.pdf+htmlAlthough many health impacts of child maltreatment have been documented, no claims-based study has quantiﬁed the impact of maltreatment on health service utilization and costs. This study presents systematic claims-based estimates of maltreatment impacts on utilization and costs for the Medicaid population.pdfChild maltreatmentEconomic impactHealth Care costs associated with Child Maltreatment: Impact on MedicaidText