Web resource:	http://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/health/ejournal/archive/1-3/resources9.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	CDC study documents the high costs and impact of IPV on male and female victims
Other Titles:	Family violence prevention and health practice [electronic resource] : an [cut]
Authors:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Keywords:	Economic costs;Health;Men as victims
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Family Violence Prevention Fund
Citation:	1 (3), December 2005
Notes:	This refers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) results of the first US study, Average Costs per Person Victimised by an Intimate Partner of the Opposite Gender: A Comparison of Men and Women:, i.e. of male and female victims, that determined the healthcare costs and impact of domestic violence incidents. The study found that the US health care costs attributed to a domestic violence incident were $948 for female victims and $387 for male victims. It also found that domestic violence against women ends in more emergency room visits, in-patient hospitalisations, and greater use of physician services than male victims. The average medical cost for women victimised by physical domestic violence was $483 compared to $83 for men; mental health services costs for women was $207 compared to $80 for men; productivity losses were $257 for women and $224 for men. It noted that the estimates using 1995 data in a previous CDC study on the total direct healthcare costs associated with domestic violence as around $4.1 billion were conservative because many cases of domestic violence are not reported. The health care and productivity costs are likely to be much greater.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13722
ISSN:	15564827
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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