Health Care Costs Associated with Violence in Pennsylvania 1994

Health Care Costs Associated with Violence in Pennsylvania 1994

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    author = {March Health Services},
    title = {Health Care Costs Associated with Violence in Pennsylvania 1994},
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}

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The Impact of Violence in Pennsylvania 2 for grants to communities to develop strategies to address juvenile problems and $17 million for new or expanded correctional facilities. The budget also allocated increased federal funds to provide services to victims of domestic violence and to educate school-aged children about rape prevention. The objective of this report is to systematically identify the relative frequency of violence in Pennsylvania, and to estimate the health care costs related to it. This information serves two purposes; (a) it identifies the impact of violence on the health care system in Pennsylvania, and (b) it provides information of relevance to the evaluation of violence prevention programs. Background Violence often appears to be an intractable problem in the United States. Crime, and specifically homicide, has been an important concern for Americans for many years. Concerns about violence have led to interest in finding better ways to prevent and control viol...

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