Average cost per person victimized by an intimate partner of the opposite gender: A comparison of men and women

Violence and Victims

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 379-391

  Arias, Ileana ^a,b   Corso, Phaedra ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Intimate partner violence; Partner victimization; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VICTIM;

EID: 27544475366     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.20.4.379     Document Type: Article

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