Childhood abuse raises lifetime healthcare costs by 36 percent independently

Evidence

Anne Bonomi and colleagues, in a 2008 study of approximately 3,000 women enrolled in a large Pacific Northwest healthcare system, found that patients with a history of childhood physical or sexual abuse had healthcare costs 36 percent higher than matched controls without abuse histories — even after controlling for current mental health status and health behaviors. The elevated costs were distributed across primary care, specialty care, pharmacy, and behavioral health — not concentrated in any single domain. — , The Rod and the Child, 7518

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the cost-evidence arc beyond criminal justice into healthcare, complementing the Widom findings. — connects to: Childhood abuse raises lifetime healthcare costs independently of later psychiatric conditions — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 10794

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Broader Connections

• Childhood abuse raises lifetime healthcare costs independently of later psychiatric conditions #corroborates (0.95) — , The Rod and the Child, 10794