Results
Title

Linking Data on Nonfatal Firearm Injuries in Youths to Assess Disease Burden.

Authors

Magee, Lauren A.; Ortiz, Damaris; Adams, Zachary W.; Raymond, Jodi L.; Marriott, Brigid R.; Landman, Matthew P.; O'Neill, Joseph; Davis, Tiffany L.; Williams, Jamie; Adams, Kendale; Belchos, Jessica; Fortenberry, J. Dennis; Jenkins, Peter C.; Ranney, Megan L.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study estimates the incidence of nonfatal firearm injuries among children and young adults after linking patient-level police and trauma registry data.

Subjects

INDIANA; CROSS-sectional method; WOUNDS & injuries; RESEARCH funding; VIOLENCE; AFRICAN Americans; PROBABILITY theory; HISPANIC Americans; FIREARMS; GLOBAL burden of disease; MEDICAL record linkage; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; WHITE people; GUNSHOT wounds; RACE; RESEARCH methodology; INTENTION; POLICE; TRAUMA registries; DATA analysis software; HEALTH equity

Publication

JAMA Network Open, 2024, Vol 7, Issue 9, pe2436640

ISSN

2574-3805

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36640