Risk of 90-day readmission in patients after firearm injury hospitalization: a nationally representative retrospective cohort study

Conclusion: The patients surviving a firearm injury have a substantial risk of subsequent hospitalizations, higher than pedestrian or occupant MVC injuries. Medicaid is disproportionately burdened by the costs of treatment of firearm injury.
Source: Journal of Injury and Violence Research - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research