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Working paper series / National Bureau of Economic Research 13785
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Intimate partner violence is a serious and preventable healthproblem affecting more than 30 million Americans each year. We use aninnovative new research design to describe the frequency and correlatesof emergency and crisis intervention services provided by domesticviolence programs using safe, non-invasive collection methods. Duringthe 24-hour survey period, 48,350 individuals used the services ofprimary purpose domestic violence programs, corresponding to apopulation rate of 16 per 100,000 people. Of these individuals, 14,518required emergency shelter, 7,989 required transitional housing and25,843 were provided with non-residential services. Seven times moreindividuals are served by domestic violence programs than are served inemergency rooms in the US on an average day. The results show unmetdemand for services provided by domestic violence programs with 10percent victims (5,183 requests) seeking services at a domestic violenceprovider unable to be served daily due to resource constraints. AlthoughDV costs $5.8 billion annually, 70% of which is spent on medical costs,the government only spends $126 million annually. Thus greater fundingof domestic violence programs is likely to be a cost-effective investment
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