Hospitals in recession-hit areas see uptick in serious cases of child physical abuse
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
In the largest study to examine the impact of the recession on child abuse, researchers have detected a significant increase in children admitted to the nation’s largest children’s hospitals due to serious physical abuse over the last decade. The new findings, based on data from 38 children’s hospitals, contradict national child welfare data, which show a decline in child physical abuse over the same period.
