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We performed a case-control study among Medicaid-enrolled children to compare patterns of health service among maltreated children in the year before a first report for abuse or neglect that led to an immediate placement into foster care, with patterns of health service use among matched control subjects. Exposure variables, obtained from Medicaid claims, included the total number of non\u2013emergency department (ED) outpatient visits, the total number of ED visits, the frequency of injury-related diagnoses, the frequency of nonspecific diagnoses that have been previously linked to abuse, and the number of changes in a child\u2019s primary care provider. Multivariate models were performed adjusting for cash assistance eligibility, race, and child comorbidities.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results. We characterized the health service use patterns, during the year before their first maltreatment report, of 157 children with serious and substantiated abuse or neglect. Health service use during the same period was also characterized among 628 control subjects who were matched by age, gender, and number of months of Medicaid eligibility. Sixteen percent of cases changed their primary care providers, compared with 10% of the control subjects. Multivariable modeling demonstrated that maltreated children were 2.62 (95% confidence interval: 1.40\u20134.91) times more likely than control subjects to have had 1 previous change in primary care provider and 6.87 (95% confidence interval: 1.96\u201324.16) times more likely to have changed providers 2 or more times during the year before their first maltreatment report. There were no differences between case patients and control subjects in the frequency of ED visits and rates of diagnoses of injury or nonspecific somatic complaints.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions. Victims of serious and substantiated physical abuse and neglect change ambulatory care providers with greater frequency than nonabused children. 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