Burden of firearm-related injuries as associated secondary diagnosis in the United States from National Inpatient Sample Dataset.

ABSTRACT: There is little known about the differences, from the point of view of healthcare resource utilization, between non-fatal versus fatal firearm-related injuries. We undertook this research project utilizing the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database to address this critical knowledge gap. Our aims for this study were to describe the patterns of FRI in the United States during the period of 2016-2019 and to evaluate the patient-centered outcomes in the survivor (non-fatal injuries) versus the non-survivor (fatal injuries) groups. We used the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) Database, 2016-2019 (5) (~ 20% of United States hospitalizations) to identify patients with an associated diagnosis of firearm-related injuries (FRI) [Gibson T et al (2016) in Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2

SUBMITTER: Lal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806811 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature