Costs of Health Care Use by Women HMO Members With a History of Childhood Abuse and Neglect
Author(s) -
Edward A. Walker,
Jürgen Unützer,
Carolyn M. Rutter,
Ann N. Gelfand,
Kathleen Saunders,
Michael VonKorff,
Mary P. Koss,
Wayne Katon
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.7.609
Subject(s) - neglect , medicine , sexual abuse , health care , psychological abuse , emergency department , population , child abuse , confidence interval , physical abuse , psychiatry , poison control , occupational safety and health , public health , suicide prevention , environmental health , nursing , economic growth , pathology , economics
Early childhood maltreatment has been associated with adverse adult health outcomes, but little is known about the magnitude of adult health care use and costs that accompany maltreatment. We examined differences in annual health care use and costs in women with and without histories of childhood sexual, emotional, or physical abuse or neglect.
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