The burden of disease and the cost of illness attributable to child maltreatment in Japan: long-term health consequences largely matter

• Main Authors: Xiuting Mo (Author), Ruoyan Tobe Gai (Author), Yoshiyuki Tachibana (Author), Timothy Bolt (Author), Yoshimitsu Takahashi (Author), Takeo Nakayama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Child maltreatment leads to enormous adverse short- and long-term health outcomes. The aim of this study is to estimate the burden of disease and the cost of illness attributable to child maltreatment in Japan. Methods An incidence-based top-down cost of illness analysis was cond...