Costs for Long-Term Health Care After a Police Shooting in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Police shootings can cause serious acute injury, and knowledge of subsequent health outcomes may inform interventions to improve care.

Objective

To analyze long-term health care costs among survivors of police shootings compared with those surviving nonfirearm police enforcement injuries using a retrospective design.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort analysis identified adults (age ≥16 years) who were injured by police and required emergency medical care between April 1, 2002, and March 31, 2022, in Ontario, Canada.

Exposure

Police shootings compared with other mechanisms of injury involving police.

Main outcomes and measures

Long-term health care costs determined using a validated costing algorithm. Secondary outc

SUBMITTER: Raza S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10539992 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature