The Financial Burden of Musculoskeletal Firearm Injuries in Children with and without Concomitant Intra-Cavitary Injuries
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Parker T. Evans, Jacquelyn S. Pennings, Richard Samade, Harold N. Lovvorn, Jeffrey E. Martus
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Abstract
Background
Musculoskeletal pediatric firearm injuries are a clinically significant and expensive public health problem in the United States. In this retrospective cohort analysis, we sought to characterize musculoskeletal firearm injuries in children and to describe the financial burden associated with these injuries.
Methods
This study is a single center, retrospective review. Patients were identified from January 2002 – December 2015 from an institutional database using ICD-9 codes pertaining to firearm injury. Inclusion criteria were: 1) age
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