TY  - JOUR
AU  - Iyengar,Radha
AU  - Sabik,Lindsay
AU  - Southworth,Cindy
AU  - Tucker,Sarah
AU  - Fraser,Cynthia
TI  - 50,000 People a Day: The Use of Federally Funded Services for Intimate Partner Violence
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 13785
PY  - 2008
Y2  - February 2008
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13785
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w13785.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Radha Iyengar
London School of Economics
Department of Economics
Houghton St
London WC2A 2AE
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: 44 (0) 20 7852 3563
Fax: 44 (0) 20 7955 7595
E-Mail: R.Iyengar1@lse.ac.uk

Lindsay Sabik
Harvard University
E-Mail: lsabik@gmail.com

Cindy Southworth
National Network to End Domestic Violence
E-Mail: cs@nnedv.org

Sarah Tucker
National Network to End Domestic Violence
E-Mail: st@nnedv.org

Cynthia Fraser
National Network to End Domestic Violence
E-Mail: ct@nnedv.org
AB  - Intimate partner violence is a serious and preventable health problem affecting more than 30 million Americans each year. We use an innovative new research design to describe the frequency and correlates of emergency and crisis intervention services provided by domestic violence programs using safe, non-invasive collection methods.  During the 24-hour survey period, 48,350 individuals used the services of primary purpose domestic violence programs, corresponding to a population rate of 16 per 100,000 people. Of these individuals, 14,518 required emergency shelter, 7,989 required transitional housing and 25,843 were provided with non-residential services.  Seven times more individuals are served by domestic violence programs than are served in emergency rooms in the US on an average day. The results show unmet demand for services provided by domestic violence programs with 10 percent victims (5,183 requests) seeking services at a domestic violence provider unable to be served daily due to resource constraints.  Although DV costs $5.8 billion annually, 70% of which is spent on medical costs, the government only spends $126 million annually. Thus greater funding of domestic violence programs is likely to be a cost-effective investment.
ER  -