Disparities in the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Abuse Among Infants With Traumatic Brain Injury

Abstract

National data suggest continued biases in the evaluation for abusive head trauma. The conflicting observations of fewer skeletal surveys among white infants and higher rates of diagnosis among those screened elicit concern for overevaluation in some infants (black or publicly insured/uninsured) or underevaluation in others (white or privately insured).