A review of cost measures for the economic impact of domestic violence

Ko Ling Chan, Esther Y N Cho

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Abstract

Although economic analyses of domestic violence typically guide decisions concerning resource allocation, allowing policy makers to make better informed decisions on how to prioritize and allocate scarce resources, the methods adopted to calculate domestic violence costs have varied widely from study to study. In particular, only a few studies have reviewed the cost measures of the economic impact of domestic violence. This article reviews and compares these measures by covering approaches to categorizing costs, the cost components, and ways to estimate them and recommends an integrated framework that brings the various approaches together. Some issues still need to be addressed when further developing measures such as including omitted but significant measures and expanding the time horizons of others. The implications for future study of domestic violence costs are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)129-143
Number of pages15
JournalTrauma, Violence, and Abuse
Volume11
Issue number3
Early online date15 Jun 2010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2010

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Health(social science)
  • Applied Psychology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

User-Defined Keywords

  • Cost measures
  • Domestic violence
  • Economic analysis

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