Firearm-related injury hospital admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic

JAMA Network Open

2025-01-27

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This cohort study evaluating hospitalizations for firearm-related injuries during the COVID-19 pandemic has 2 principal findings. From 2020 to 2021, there was a 34% increase in firearm-related hospitalizations, consistent with an additional 13,268 admissions. Second, the increase in firearm-related hospitalization disproportionately affected children, patients enrolled in Medicaid, and Black individuals. Taken together, these findings raise new concerns about the sustained increase in firearm-related injury that disproportionately affected younger and minoritized Americans.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Raymond A. Jean, MD, MHS, email rayjean@med.umich.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.56234)

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