PMID- 9882063
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990316
LR  - 20190909
IS  - 0305-4179 (Print)
IS  - 0305-4179 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 7
DP  - 1998 Nov
TI  - The economic effect of child abuse in the burn unit.
PG  - 642-5
AB  - The financial burden imposed on society by abusing children through burn injury 
      is unknown. This study retrospectively evaluates the economic impact and 
      demographics of such abuse on patients and their families treated at Children's 
      Hospital Medical Center of Akron (CHMCA) from four counties over a 5 year period. 
      The inclusive group consisted of all children evaluated during the stated period 
      referred to Social Services for possible child abuse. There were 104 children (55 
      females and 49 males, 46% black and 56% white) with a mean age of 3.76 years. 71% 
      of the patients came from single parent homes (all single mothers). There were a 
      total of 58 admissions with a mean length of stay of 10.53 days. Total cost for 
      all patients was approximately 1.2 million dollars for health care, of which 65% 
      was government funded. In addition to hospital costs, the perpetrators incurred 
      court costs and jail costs, all of which were the financial responsibility of 
      Summit County. Child abuse through burns imposes a potentially preventable 
      financial burden. This study does not take into account the socioeconomic and 
      psychological impact on the abused victims through life, which is incalculable. 
      By increasing awareness about the demographics and financial burden of child 
      abuse, this paper may serve as a focus for further study and prevention of such 
      abuse.
FAU - Evasovich, M
AU  - Evasovich M
AD  - Akron General Medical Center, Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, 
      44307, USA.
FAU - Klein, R
AU  - Klein R
FAU - Muakkassa, F
AU  - Muakkassa F
FAU - Weekley, R
AU  - Weekley R
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Burns
JT  - Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
JID - 8913178
SB  - IM
MH  - Burn Units/*economics/legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - Burns/economics/epidemiology/*etiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Abuse/*economics/legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cost-Benefit Analysis
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Jurisprudence
MH  - Length of Stay
MH  - Male
MH  - Ohio/epidemiology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Social Work/economics/legislation & jurisprudence
EDAT- 1999/01/09 00:00
MHDA- 1999/01/09 00:01
CRDT- 1999/01/09 00:00
PHST- 1999/01/09 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/01/09 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/01/09 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0305417998000709 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0305-4179(98)00070-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Burns. 1998 Nov;24(7):642-5. doi: 10.1016/s0305-4179(98)00070-9.