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Impact of “Stay-at-Home” orders on non-accidental trauma: A multi-institutional study

articles · StayCurrentMD · Feb 14, 2022
Abstract

Background

It is unclear how Stay-at-Home Orders (SHO) of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the welfare of children and rates of non-accidental trauma (NAT). We hypothesized that NAT would initially decrease during the SHO as children did not have access to mandatory reporters, and then increase as physicians' offices and schools reopened.

Methods

A multicenter study evaluating patients

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