Emergency department utilization by youth before and after firearm injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Emergency department (ED) visits may serve as opportunities for firearm injury prevention and intervention efforts. Our objective was to determine ED utilization by youth before and after firearm injury.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of ED encounters by youth (0-18 years old) with firearm injury from eight states using the 2019 State ED and Inpatient Databases. Our primary outcome was an ED encounter (1) 90 days before or (2) 90 days after index injury. We used generalized estimating equations, accounting for hospital clustering, to determine associations between ED utilization and ED type (pediatric vs. general), youth age, sex, race and ethnicity, urbanicity, and insurance status.

Results

We identified 1035 ED encounters for firearm in

SUBMITTER: Kemal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12267539 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature