Criminal victimization among primary care medical patients: Prevalence, incidence, and physician usage
作者:
Mary P. Koss,
W. J. Woodruff,
Paul G. Koss,
期刊:
Behavioral Sciences&the Law
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 1
页码: 85-96
ISSN:0735-3936
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1002/bsl.2370090110
出版商: John Wiley&Sons, Ltd.
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe study addressed the extent to which primary care physicians encounter crime victims in their practices. Crime prevalence and incidence rates were calculated from responses to a mailed survey of 2,291 women medical patients (45% response rate). The prevalence of crime victimization was 57%. The 12 month incidence of violent crime was 118 per 1,000 patients. Most notable was the finding that rape incidence was approximately 15 times higher than National Crime Survey estimates for women, even after adjustment for telescoping. Post‐crime physician usage was documented by medical chart review. Although few crime victims required hospitalization for injuries, virtually all made out‐patient physician visits in each of two post‐crime years. The findings suggest that physicians are an important potential source of assistance for traumatized crime vi
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