Analysis of national empirical data on the characteristics and trends of injury among Taiwan's victims of hospitalized child abuse between 1997 and 2009.

Objective: To investigate the characteristics and trends of injury among hospitalized child abuse children younger than 18 years between 1997 and 2009.

Methods: We selected hospitalized child abuse cases from the Taiwan's National Health Insurance (NHI) Database in accordance with ICD-9-CM 995.5x or E967.