A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022

Abstract Background There is an epidemic of firearm injuries in the United States since the mid-2000s. Thus, we sought to examine whether hospitalization from firearm injuries have increased over time, and to examine temporal changes in patient demographics, firearm injury intent, and injury severit...

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Published in:	Injury Epidemiology
Main Authors:	Kristin Salottolo, R. Joseph Sliter, Gary Marshall, Carlos H. Palacio Lascano, Glenda Quan, David Hamilton, Robert Madayag, Gina Berg, David Bar-Or
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2024-05-01
Subjects:	Firearm Racial disparities Hospitalization Traumatic injury Temporal trends
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-024-00505-5