Objectives To quantify the inflation-adjusted costs associated with initial hospitalizations for firearm-related injuries in the United States. Methods We used the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample to identify patients admitted for...
Deaths and injuries from firearms are significant public health problems, and clinicians are in a unique position to identify risk among their patients and discuss the importance of safe firearm practices. Although clinicians may be ill-prepared to engage in such...
Background In 2015 there were 36,252 firearm-related deaths and 84,997 nonfatal injuries in the United States. The longitudinal burden of these injuries through readmissions is currently underestimated. We aimed to determine the 6-month readmission risk and hospital...
