Health Care Utilization and Costs Associated with Childhood Abuse

Physical and sexual childhood abuse is associated with poor health across the lifespan. However, the association between these types of abuse and actual health care use and costs over the long run has not been documented.To examine long-term health care utilization and costs associated with physical, sexual, or both physical and sexual childhood abuse.Retrospective cohort.Three thousand three hundred thirty-three women (mean age, 47 years)...