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Firearm injuries account for nearly $3 billion in emergency department and inpatient care each year, while firearm deaths remain in the third-leading category of injury-related deaths in the US. Firearm violence is a prevalent public health problem, contributing to injury, disability, and death among adults and children, and burdening the US health care system.
Workshop discussions will feature evidence and best practices by health and hospital systems, and health care professionals in preventing firearm injuries and death. Speakers will focus on primary prevention and will frame the scope of future research on healthcare system interventions.
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Health Systems Interventions to Prevent Firearm Injuries and Death: Proceedings of a Workshop
Proceedings
·2019
Firearm injuries and death are a serious public health concern in the United States. Firearm-related injuries account for tens of thousands of premature deaths of adults and children each year and significantly increase the burden of injury and disability. Firearm injuries are also costly to the hea...
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