Wendy Max

The economic toll of intimate partner violence against women in the United States.

This study provides estimates of the economic cost of intimate partner violence perpetrated against women in the US, including expenditures for medical care and mental health services, and lost productivity from injury and premature death. The analysis uses national survey data, including the National Violence Against Women Survey and the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, to estimate costs for 1995. Intimate partner violence against women cost

Alzheimer's Disease The Unpaid Burden of Caring

5.8 billion dollars (95% confidence interval:

Validity study of the K6 scale as a measure of moderate mental distress based on mental health treatment need and utilization.

3.9 to

The Financial Impact of Smoking on Health-related Costs: A Review of the Literature

7.7 billion) in 1995, including

Who is exposed to secondhand smoke? Self-reported and serum cotinine measured exposure in the U.S., 1999-2006.

320 million (

Economic cost of tobacco use in India, 2004

136 to

Deaths From Secondhand Smoke Exposure in the United States: Economic Implications

503 million) for rapes,

Putting a lid on injury costs: the economic impact of the California motorcycle helmet law

4.2 billion (

The Burden of Osteoporosis in California, 1998

2.4 to

The economic burden of prostate cancer, California, 1998

6.1 billion) for physical assault,