Lead study author Kristy B. Arbogast, PhD, co-scientific director of CHOP’s Center for Injury Research and Prevention, and colleagues discovered where and when children with concussions were diagnosed using CHOP’s regional pediatric network.
Here are five points:
1. Researchers found approximately 82 percent of children visited a pediatrician’s office for their concussion.
2. Researchers found 12 percent of children were diagnosed in an emergency department.
3. Researchers found a specialist, such as a sports medicine physician or a neurologist, diagnosed 5 percent of children.
4. Researchers found 1 percent of children were admitted directly to the hospital.
5. Additionally, the researchers found one-third of the concussed children were under the age of 12.
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