Assessment of Additional Medical Costs Among Older Adults in Japan With a History of Childhood Maltreatment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Childhood maltreatment can have significant consequences on health through the life course, but its association with health care costs in later life is not widely known.

Objective

To assess whether a history of childhood maltreatment is associated with additional medical costs among older adults in Japan.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cross-sectional study used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, 2013, linked with national health insurance claims data from April 2012 to March 2014 for 1 municipality that participated in the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, 2013. The municipality had more than 1.5 million residents, and 978 independent individuals aged 65 to 75 years were included in the analysis. Data were an

SUBMITTER: Isumi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6991253 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature