Table 2.

Characteristics of all emergency department visitors aged ≤18 years over 6 months in seven Dutch hospitals classified by cases screened or not screened

	Cases screened for child abuse	Cases not screened for child abuse	p Value*
Emergency department visitors	4769	19 167
Age in years (range)	6.2 (0–18)	6.9 (0–18)	<0.001
0–4	2052 (43%)	8352 (44%)
5–8	976 (21%)	3112 (16%)
9–12	901 (19%)	2593 (14%)
13–18	838 (18%)	4937 (26%)
Sex (male)	2690 (56%)	10 772 (56%)	0.85
Referrer
Self-referral	2105 (45%)	10 258 (54%)	<0.001
General practitioner	1390 (30%)	4044 (21%)
Other	1274 (27%)	4865 (25%)
Treating specialist
Surgeon	2800 (59%)	11 432 (60%)	<0.001
Paediatrician	1739 (37%)	5894 (31%)
Other	227 (5%)	1753 (9%)
Suspected child abuse cases in he emergency department	40 (0.8%)	12 (0.1%)	<0.001

^*Continuous variable (age) calculated with Wilcoxon rank test; categorical variables calculated with the χ² test.