Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
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Womens Health Issues · Jul 2009
Care provided in visits coded for intimate partner violence in a national survey of emergency departments.
This article describes the health status of and care provided to patients in visits coded to intimate partner violence (IPV) victims in a national survey of emergency departments (EDs). Visits coded for IPV were defined by International Classification of Diseases, 8th edition-Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes. ⋯ Caution should be exercised when interpreting the study results because they reflect only coded IPV visits in the ED and these might be the most obvious IPV cases. The results signal the need for further studies to evaluate access to and the quality of care for IPV patients and to improve screening, documentation, coding, and management practices.