Patterns in Location of Death From Firearm Injury in the US

Lauren L Agoubi; Ning Duan; Ali Rowhani-Rahbar; Deepika Nehra; Joseph V Sakran; Frederick P Rivara

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8380

Patterns in Location of Death From Firearm Injury in the US

JAMA Surg. 2023 Jun 1;158(6):669-670. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8380.

Authors

Lauren L Agoubi^{1

2}, Ning Duan^{2

3}, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar^{3

4}, Deepika Nehra¹, Joseph V Sakran^{5

6}, Frederick P Rivara^{2

3

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
² Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
³ Firearm Injury and Policy Research Program, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁵ Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Satcher Health Leadership Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study assesses non–self-inflicted firearm-related deaths occurring at inpatient or outpatient facilities, hospice care, nursing homes, home, or other settings from 1999 to 2021.

MeSH terms

Firearms*
Hospice Care*
Humans
Nursing Homes
United States / epidemiology
Wounds, Gunshot*