An analysis of 17 years of Anna's records shows that she was hospitalized a total of 4,124 days.
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Total cost for this hospitalization, figured at $648 a day, was $2,639,360
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This figure does not include entitlements, residential treatment, case management, legal, medical and other costs estimated to be over $1,000,000, for a total cost of almost $4,000,000.
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Intensive trauma based psychotherapy, figured at $150 a session, 2 sessions a week, for 17 years, would have cost a total of $265,200.
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If her underlying trauma had been recognized and treated by the child psychiatrist she saw at age 3, costs would have been significantly less.
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If her parents had been aware of the prevalence and impact of child sexual abuse, and been educated in prevention, the abuse may not have occurred.
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