%0 Journal Article
%T Emergency department visits and injury hospitalizations for female and male victims and perpetrators of intimate partner violence
%J Advances in emergency medicine
%D 2015
%A Kothari, Catherine L.
%A Rohs, Thomas
%A Davidson, Scott
%A Kothari, Rashmi U.
%A Klein, Carrie
%A Koestner, Amy
%A DeBoer, Mican
%A Cox, Rita
%A Kutzko, Kim
%V 2015
%N 
%P 1-11
%X Introduction. The potential for hospital-based interventions for male victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) as well as adult perpetrators of both genders has been largely unexplored despite early evidence of acute-care utilization that may be as high as female victims. The current investigation compared the emergency department (ED) and injury-related-hospitalization rates of IPV-involved individuals against standardized national norms, assessing differences by gender and victim/perpetrator-status. <br><br>METHODS. This cross-sectional study collected one-year ED and in-patient visit data from hospital records for individuals listed as victim or perpetrator in an IPV criminal charging request in a Midwestern county (). Expected rates were calculated based upon age-adjusted national norms. <br><br>RESULTS. The IPV-involved population generated ED rates 4.1 times higher than expected and injury-related-hospitalization rates that were 4.0 times higher than expected. Bi-directionally-violent individuals (both victim and perpetrator in IPV charges) consistently had the highest utilization rates (ED 8.4 RR, injury-hospitalization 22.5 RR). Victims, primarily female, had higher ED-visits than perpetrators, primarily male (victims = 4.6 RR, perpetrator = 3.1 RR). Perpetrators, though, had higher injury hospitalizations (victims = 0.8RR, perpetrators = 5.5 RR). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. Substantial opportunities exist within acute-care medical settings to intervene with IPV-involved women, men, victims, and perpetrators, although the magnitude of the opportunity varied by setting, gender and victim/perpetrator-status.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Hindawi Publishing
%@ 2356-6671
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/502703