Understanding and promoting equitable post-discharge care in firearm injury survivors: a retrospective chart review.

ABSTRACT: Patients that survive firearm injuries frequently require follow-up care. This study aims to explore demographic characteristics of patients presenting to the emergency department for post-firearm injury care and to understand the reasons for their return visits. This was a retrospective chart review of all emergency department and readmission patient encounters for post-firearm injury care during the study period, January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022, at an urban safety net hospital. Seventy-four patients with 84 corresponding emergency department encounters were included in the analysis. Key findings were that patients from racial and ethnic minorities, patients insured by Medicaid, and patients experiencing homelessness were overrepresented in the study cohort. Additionally, many repeat

SUBMITTER: Jacobson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11779883 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature