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Costs of intimate partner violence.(POLICY & PRACTICE)
The average cost for a woman who is the victim of intimate partner violence is about $948 per incident, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The cost includes the cost of medical care, mental health services, and productivity losses. The average cost for men who are victims of domestic violence is about $387. Intimate partner violence includes physical, sexual, or psychological harm to another by a current or former partner or spouse and affects more than 32 million Americans each year, according to the CDC. Researchers found that intimate partner violence against women leads to more emergency ...
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