Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
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Womens Health Issues · Sep 2020
Changes in Incidents and Payment Methods for Intimate Partner Violence Related Injuries in Women Residing in the United States, 2002 to 2015.
Violence in interpersonal relationships is a substantial health and social problem in the United States and is associated with a myriad of immediate and long-term physical, behavioral, and neurocognitive impairments. The present study sought to determine the incidence of U.S. emergency department (ED)-attended intimate partner violence (IPV) from 2002 to 2015 and examine the differences in payment sources before and after implementation of the Affordable Care Act. ⋯ The increase in the percentage of IPV-related ED claims paid by private insurance suggests that the Affordable Care Act may have increased women's willingness and ability to seek medical attention for IPV-related injuries and disclose IPV as the source of injuries.