Economic impact of orthopaedic care for non-fatal gunshot wounds: analysis of a public health crisis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to perform an epidemiological evaluation and an economic analysis of 90-day costs associated with non-fatal gunshot wounds (GSWs) to the extremities, spine and pelvis requiring orthopaedic care in the United States.

Methods

A retrospective epidemiological review of the Medicare national patient record database was conducted from 2005 to 2014. Incidence, fracture location and costs associated where evaluated. Those patients identified through International Classification of Disease (ICD)-9 revision codes and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Codes who sustained a fracture secondary to a GSW. Any type of surgical intervention including incision and drainage, open reduction with internal fixation, closed reduction and percutaneous fix

SUBMITTER: Rosas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7940913 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature