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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 Jul–Aug;16(4):329–336. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181c4d933

TABLE 1.

Hospital-Based Child Maltreatment Reporting Studiesa

Authors Samples and Sites Methods of
Analysis		 Characteristics
of Patients
Reported to CPS
Hampton &
Newberger (1985)		 805 Unweighted child
maltreatment cases,
77,379 Weighted
child maltreatment,
cases
70 Hospitals,
10 States,
1979-1980		 Secondary
analysis of NIS
data		 0-5 years of age,
African American
background,
Hispanic
background,
Urban
neighborhoods
Jenny, Hymel,
Ritzen, Reinert, &
Hay (1999)		 73 Child patients,
Children’s hospital,
1990-1995		 Retrospective
Chart review		 Minority
backgrounds,
Single-parent
homes
Lane, Rubin,
Monteith, &
Christian (2002)		 388 Child patients,
Children’s hospital,
1994-2000		 Retrospective
Chart review		 Minority
backgrounds