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Sexual assault-related ER visits increase more than tenfold

Sexual assault-related ER visits increase more than tenfold

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221020112820.htm

Emergency departments saw 15 times more sexual assault related visits in the past decade, outpacing the growth of law enforcement reporting, according to the research in JAMA Network Open.

"Sexual assault is a disturbing and prevalent trend in the U.S. We know that people who experience sexual assault face numerous emergent health problems but few seek emergency medical care," said senior author Erica Marsh, M.D., chief of the division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the Center for Reproductive Medicine at University of Michigan Health Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital.