The influence of child abuse on the pattern of expenditures in women's adult health service utilization in Ontario, Canada

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1711-1719

  Tang, Betty ^a   Jamieson, Ellen ^a   Boyle, Michael ^a   Libby, Anne ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^c   MacMillan, Harriet ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Child abuse; Health care expenditures; Health utilization; Women

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33746823445     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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