Economic Burden of Health Conditions Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences Among US Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are preventable, potentially traumatic events in childhood, such as experiencing abuse or neglect, witnessing violence, or living in a household with substance use disorder, mental health problems, or instability from parental separation or incarceration. Adults who had ACEs have more harmful risk behaviors and worse health outcomes; the economic burden associated with these issues is uncertain.

Objective

To estimate the economic burden of ACE-associated health conditions among US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

In this economic evaluation, regression models of cross-sectional survey data from the 2019-2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and previous studies were used to estimate ACE populat

SUBMITTER: Peterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701608 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature