The association between child maltreatment and disabilities in a hospital-based epidemiological study

OBJECTIVE: Circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities. METHOD: An electronic merger of the records of all pediatric patients. RESULTS: Detailed record analysis of circumstances of maltreatment and the presence of disabilities. CONCLUSIONS: Differences between the Hospital and Residential samples, maltreatment and perpetrator characteristics, disability/maltreatment relationships, and their implications for primary health care are discussed.