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Women Abused as Kids Spend More on Health Care
February 20, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Women Health News
The study, led by Amy Bonomi, associate professor of human development and family science at Ohio State University, was based on the review of more than 3,000 women.
Whats remarkable is that women with an average age in their late 40s still suffer consequences from abuse that occurred decades ago, said Bonomi.
The research examined data from 3,333 women who belonged to Group Health, a health care system in the Pacific Northwest.
In the study the factors taken into account were - age and education that also can affect health care use.
The analysis found that women who had suffered both physical and sexual abuse had higher health service use in six areas: mental health, hospital outpatient, emergency department visits, primary care, specialty care, and pharmacy fills.
Those who were only physically abused or only sexually abused had higher use in four of the health service areas.
The study found that the women with no history of abuse spent an average of 2,413 dollars a year on health care costs. Women who were sexually abused only paid an average of 382 dollars a year more, those who were physically abused spent 502 dollars more, and women who suffered both types of abuse spent 790 dollars a year in additional health care costs.
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