Service dispositions for child maltreatment-related investigations from hospital referrals in Ontario (1993–2013)
| OIS-1993 | OIS-1998 | OIS-2003 | OIS-2008 | OIS-2013 | |||||||||||
| Estimate | Rate per 1000 | % | Estimate | Rate per 1000 | % | Estimate | Rate per 1000 | % | Estimate | Rate per 1000 | % | Estimate | Rate per 1000 | % | |
| Substantiation | 852 | 0.39 | 35 | 523 | 0.22 | 29 | 1536 | 0.64** | 37 | 1107 | 0.13** | 17 | 1919 | 0.82** | 33 |
| Transfer to ongoing services | 604 | 0.28 | 25 | 497 | 0.21 | 27 | 1502 | 0.63** | 36 | 2350 | 0.99 | 36 | 2456 | 1.05 | 42 |
| Placement (formal) | 193 | 0.09 | 8 | † | † | † | 300 | 0.13* | 7 | 594 | 0.25* | 9 | 509 | 0.22 | 9 |
| Total investigations | 2443 | 1822 | 4159 | 6506 | 5798 | ||||||||||
↵*p<0.05, **P<0.01.
† Estimate is too small to report.