Ritsumeikan University Reports Findings in Health Technology and Informatics (A Survey on Cases of Serious and High-Risk Child Abuse with Trauma Using the Database of Health Insurance Claims): Health Information Technology – Health Technology and Informatics

2022 JUN 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Health Information Technology - Health Technology and Informatics is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Kyoto, Japan, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “In recent years, the annual number of child deaths due to child abuse has been around 50 per year in Japan. On the other hand, the actual situation of dangerous physical abuse cases such as abuse with residual has not been clarified.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Ritsumeikan University, “Therefore, this study investigated children with trauma suspected of being physically abused, using the health insurance claims data of Japan. There were cases with trauma which are likely to have sequelae.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Since this study used the sampling data, there is a high possibility that there will be a considerable number of cases of high-risk abuse.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: A Survey on Cases of Serious and High-Risk Child Abuse with Trauma Using the Database of Health Insurance Claims. MEDINFO 2021, 2022;290:1070-1071.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Michi Sakai, Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3233/shti220272. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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