Child maltreatment surveillance following the ICD-10-CM transition, 2016-2018.
Amy A HunterNina LivingstonSusan DiVietroLaura Schwab ReeseKathryn BentivegnaBruce BernsteinPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2020)
The ability to discriminate confirmed and suspected maltreatment may help mitigate clinical barriers to maltreatment surveillance associated with delayed diagnosis and subsequent intervention. Racial disparities in suspected and confirmed cases were identified which may indicate biased diagnostic behaviours in the ED.