Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Changes in health care costs over time following the cessation of intimate partner violence
Other Titles:	Journal of general internal medicine
Authors:	Reid, Robert J Rivara, Frederick P Fishman, Paul A Bonomi, Amy E Anderson, Melissa L
Keywords:	Economic costs;Health
Year:	2010
Publisher:	Springer Publishing
Citation:	25 (9), September 2010
Notes:	Background: Research has documented greater health care costs attributable to intimate partner violence (IPV) among women during and after exposure. However, no studies have determined whether health care costs for abused women return to baseline levels at some point after their abuse ceases. Group Health Cooperative, a large integrated health care system in the Pacific Northwest. Total health care costs over an 11-year period from January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2002 were compiled using automated health plan data and comparisons made among women exposed to IPV since age 18 and those who never experienced IPV. IPV included physical, sexual, or psychological violence involving an intimate partner, and was assessed using five questions from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Relative to women with no IPV history, total health care costs were significantly higher during IPV exposure, costs that were sustained for 3 years following the end of exposure. By the 4th year following the end of exposure to IPV, health care costs among IPV-exposed women were similar to non-abused women, and this pattern held for the remainder of the 10-year study period. [?2007 Springer Publications. All rights reserved. For further information, visit Journal of General Internal Medicine]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13739
ISSN:	8848734
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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