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Reimbursement and Insurance Coverage in Cases of Suspected Sexual Abuse in the Emergency Department.
Peer reviewedKupfer, Gary M.; Giardino, Angelo P. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
Emergency department charts of 186 suspected preadolescent victims of sexual abuse (SSA) were compared with 623 patients evaluated for upper limb fracture. Hospital costs of SSA patients were more often and to a greater degree underwritten by the hospital itself because of lower reimbursement and a higher percentage of uninsured and publicly…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Costs, Emergency Programs
