Lifetime Economic Burden of Intimate Partner Violence Among U.S. Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study estimated the U.S. lifetime per-victim cost and economic burden of intimate partner violence.

Methods

Data from previous studies were combined with 2012 U.S. National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey data in a mathematical model. Intimate partner violence was defined as contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking victimization with related impact (e.g., missed work days). Costs included attributable impaired health, lost productivity, and criminal justice costs from the societal perspective. Mean age at first victimization was assessed as 25 years. Future costs were discounted by 3%. The main outcome measures were the mean per-victim (female and male) and total population (or economic burden) lifetime cost of intimate partner vi

SUBMITTER: Peterson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6161830 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature