Type:	Journal Article
Title:	A review of cost measures for the economic impact of domestic violence
Other Titles:	Trauma, violence & abuse
Authors:	Chan, Ko Ling Cho, Esther Yin-Nei
Keywords:	Economic costs;Measurement
Year:	2010
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Citation:	11 (3), July 2010
Notes:	Although economic analyses of domestic violence typically guide decisions concerning resource allocation, allowing policy makers to make better informed decisions on how to prioritize and allocate scarce resources, the methods adopted to calculate domestic violence costs have varied widely from study to study. In particular, only a few studies have reviewed the cost measures of the economic impact of domestic violence. This article reviews and compares these measures by covering approaches to categorizing costs, the cost components, and ways to estimate them and recommends an integrated framework that brings the various approaches together. Some issues still need to be addressed when further developing measures such as including omitted but significant measures and expanding the time horizons of others. The implications for future study of domestic violence costs are discussed. [?2009 SAGE Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SAGE Publications link.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13174
ISSN:	1524-8380
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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