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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022

Human Trafficking ICD-10 Code Utilization in Pediatric Tertiary Care Centers Within the United States.

Anjali Garg, Preeti Panda, Sindhoosha Malay, Katherine N Slain

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Anjali GargDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Children's Center, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Preeti PandaDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, United States.
Sindhoosha MalayCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Katherine N SlainCase Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, United States.
Case Western Reserve University · USJohns Hopkins Children's Center · USStanford University · USUniversity School · US

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Abstract

backgroundHuman trafficking is a global public health issue that affects pediatric patients widely. The International Labor Organization estimates children comprise approximately 25% of the identified trafficked persons globally, with domestic estimates including over 2000 children a year. Trafficked children experience a broad range of health consequences leading to interface with healthcare systems during their exploitation. In June 2018,

objectiveTo use a large, multicenter database of US pediatric hospitalizations to describe the utilization of the ICD-10-CM codes related to child trafficking, as well as the demographic and clinical characteristics of these children.

methodsThis study was descriptive in nature. Encounters using data from the Pediatric Health Information System database (PHIS) with ICD-10-CM codes indicating trafficking from June 1, 2018 to March 1st, 2020 were included in the study cohort, with data collection continuing for 30 days after first hospital encounter, until March 31st, 2020. Patients 19 years old and younger were included. Condition-specific prevalence as well as demographic and clinical characteristics for patient encounters were analyzed. Study subjects were followed for 30 days after first hospital encounter to describe healthcare utilization patterns.

resultsDuring the study period, 0.005% ( DISCUSSION: Our study demonstrates a low utilization of human trafficking ICD-10-CM codes in academic children's health centers, with code usage predominantly assigned to Non-Hispanic Black teenage girls. As comparison, in 2019 the National Human Trafficking Hotline identified 2,582 trafficked US children in a single year. These results suggest widespread under-recognition of child trafficking in health care settings, including the intensive care unit, in addition to racial and socioeconomic disparities amongst trafficked children.

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child abusehuman traffickingInternational Classification of Diseasespediatricspublic health

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