Citation

Iacobucci G. BMJ 2017; 359: j4641.

Affiliation

The BMJ.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.j4641

PMID

28986370

Abstract

Firearm injuries cost the United States $2.8bn (£2.1bn; €2.4bn) a year in hospital charges and $46bn a year in lost work and medical care, a new study has shown.

The report in Health Affairs analyzed a nationally representative sample of patients who presented alive to US hospital emergency departments with firearm related injuries between 2006 and 2014.

The authors, using data from the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, identified 151 000 …

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