Figure 2A.

Skeletal Survey Utilization in Young Children Who Were Evaluated for and/or Diagnosed with Physical Abuse. Percentage of children who underwent skeletal survey, grouped by subject age. With the exception of the studies by Wood et al. (2012 and 2015) which used ICD-9-CM codes to identify children diagnosed with abuse, the study population of each study was children evaluated by a child protection team. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; N, sample size. ^a Abuse level of concern was categorized as “S” for suspected if all children undergoing skeletal survey for suspected abuse were included or was categorized as “D” for diagnosed if only children receiving a diagnosis of abuse were included. In addition, CPT indicates that only children referred to a child protection team were included. ^b Unlike other studies, the study population in Wood 2015 was evaluated primarily at non-pediatric hospitals.