The economic impact of child maltreatment in the United States: Are the estimates credible?

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 296-304

  Corso, Phaedra S ^a   Fertig, Angela R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Costs; Economics

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952585769     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.09.014     Document Type: Note

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