title: Attributing selected costs to intimate partner violence in a sample of women who have left abusive partners: a social determinants of health approach.
abstract: Selected costs associated with intimate partner violence were estimated for a community sample of 309 Canadian women who left abusive male partners on average 20 months previously. Total annual estimated costs of selected public- and private-sector expenditures attributable to violence were $13,162.39 per woman. This translates to a national annual cost of $6.9 billion for women aged 19–65 who have left abusive partners; $3.1 billion for those experiencing violence within the past three years. Results indicate that costs continue long after leaving, and call for recognition in policy that leaving does not coincide with ending violence.
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varcoe
authors.forename: Olena
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hankivsky
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ford-Gilboe
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wuest
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilk
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hammerton
authors.forename: Jacquelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000208:ethnology; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011640:Public Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors / Q000266:history; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence