The medical costs of gunshot injuries in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 447-454

  Cook, Philip J ^a   Lawrence, Bruce A ^b   Ludwig, Jens ^c   Miller, Ted R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natl Pub Serv Research Institute   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0033523199     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.5.447     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. National Center for Health Statistics. Available at:http:// www.cdc.gov/nchswww/fastats/firearms.htm.
2. Annest JL, Mercy JA, Gibson DR, Ryan GW. National estimates of nonfatal firearm-related injuries. JAMA. 1995;273:1749-1754.
3. Max W, Rice DP. Shooting in the dark: estimating the costs of firearm injuries. Health Aff (Millwood). 1993;12:171-185.
4. Miller TR, Cohen MA. Costs. In: Ivatury RR, Cayten CG, eds. The Textbook of Penetrating Trauma. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins; 1996:49-59.
5. Miller TR, Cohen MA. Costs of gunshot and cut/ stab wounds in the United States, with some Canadian comparisons. Accid Anal Prev. 1997;29:329-341.
6. DeVivo MJ. Causes and costs of spinal cord injury in the United States. Spinal Cord. 1997;35:809-813.
7. Finkler SA. The distinction between cost and charges. Ann Intern Med. 1982;96:102-109.
8. Lipscomb J, Weinstein MC, Torrance GW. Time preference. In: Gold MR, Siegel JE, Russell JB, Weinstein MC, eds. Cost-Effectiveness in Health and Medicine. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1996: 214-246.
9. Bureau of the Census. Consumer Price Index for Medical Care. In: Statistical Abstract of the United States. 118th ed. Washington, DC: US Dept of Commerce; 1998:489.
10. Bureau of the Census. 1994 Vital Statistics census of deaths. In: 1994 Vital Statistics Census of Deaths. 118th ed. Washington, DC: US Dept of Commerce; 1998:109.
11. Brick M, Tourangeau K, Cantor D. A Statistical Evaluation and Cost Assessment of Using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) to Obtain National Estimates of Nonfatal Firearm Injuries. Rockville, Md: Westat; 1992.
12. Davis Y, Annest JL, Powell KE, Mercy JA. An evaluation of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System for use in monitoring nonfatal firearm injuries and obtaining national estimates. J Saf Res. 1996;27:83-91.
13. Miller TR, Pindus N, Douglass J, Rossman S. Databook on Nonfatal Injury - Incidence, Costs, and Consequences. Washington, DC: Urban Institute; 1995.
14. US Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1996. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office; 1996.
15. Miller TR, Luchter S, Brinkman P. Crash costs and safety investment. Accid Anal Prev. 1989;21:303-315.
16. Health Care Financing Administration. Available at: http://www.hcfa.gov/stats/pufiles.htm. Accessed February 23, 1999.
17. Roberts RR, Frutos PW, Ciavarella GG, et al. Distribution of variable vs fixed costs of hospital care. JAMA. 1999;281:644-649.
18. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). The Economic Costs to Society of Motor Vehicle Accidents. Washington, DC: NHTSA; 1983.
19. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Home Page. Available at: http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/ hcup/. Accessed April 1, 1999.
20. National Center for Health Care Statistics. National Hospital Discharge Survey: Annual Summary. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1992.
21. National Center for Health Statistics. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/about/major/nmfs/ nmfs.htm. Accessed April 1, 1999.
22. NCHS Data Warehouse. National Center for Health Statistics. Available at: ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/ Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/ NHAMCS/. Accessed on February 25, 1999.
23. Weissman JS, Lukas CVD, Epstein AM. Bad debt and free care in Massachusetts hospitals. Health Aff (Millwood). 1992;11:148-161.
24. Kizer KW, Vassar MJ, Harry RL, Layton KD. Hospitalization charges, costs, and income for firearm-related injuries at a university trauma center. JAMA. 1995;273:1768-1773.
25. Vassar MJ, Kizer KW. Hospitalizatfons for firearm-related injuries: a population-based study of 9562 patients. JAMA. 1996;275:1734-1739.
26. Dischinger PC, Cudhing BM, Ho SM, Kerns TJ, Dailey JT. The hospital costs of intentional injury treated in Maryland. Paper presented at: American Public Health Association; November 8-12, 1992; Washington, DC.
27. Martin MJ, Hunt TK, Hulley SB. The cost of hospitalization for firearm injuries. JAMA. 1988;260: 3048-3050.
28. Morabito D. Report to California Department of Justice, Alameda County Health Services Agency. Oakland, Calif: Alameda County Health Services Agency; 1989.
29. Mock C, Pilcher S, Maier R. Comparison of the costs of acute treatment for gunshot and stab wounds: further evidence of the need for firearms control. J Trauma. 1994;36:516-552.
30. Webster DW, Champion HR, Gainer PS, Sykes L. Epidemiologic changes in gunshot wounds in Washington, DC, 1983-1990. Arch Surg. 1992;127:694-698.
31. Wintemute GJ, Wright MA. Initial and subsequent hospital costs of firearm injuries. J Trauma. 1992; 33:556-560.