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Giardino, Angelo P.; Montoya, Louise A.; Leventhal, John M. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The direct and indirect costs to society from child maltreatment are estimated to be quite high. The costs related to medical care are of interest to professionals serving on medically-oriented child protection teams that conduct medical evaluations of alleged abuse. This study was designed to explore a number of financially related…
Descriptors: Child Safety, National Surveys, Health Insurance, Child Abuse