US may be greatly undercounting pediatric concussions

Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 11:01 in Health & Medicine

New research highlights a substantial gap in how the United States currently estimates the nation's burden of pediatric concussions. Most counts of these concussions are based solely on emergency department visits or on school data, and do not include data from primary care sites, where the vast majority of first concussion visits may occur.

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