Tag: Injuries

Hospital costs for firearm injuries in the United States totaled $7.8 billion over 10 years; government insurance programs covered 42 percent of the costs

Increases in substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, pain diagnoses, health care use and spending seen in survivors

Findings show inclusion significantly cuts odds of pressure injuries in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19

Authors urge a mandatory safety standard for manufacturers and for families to anchor furniture to avoid head/neck injuries

Within sports-related TSIs, rate of spinal cord injury was 13 percent for cycling injuries versus 41 percent for contact sports

Substantial cost differences seen based on hospital region, patient race, and income quartile

One-fourth of accidents requiring emergency department visit result in hospital admission, surgery

More than 90 percent of emergency department visits, hospitalizations from selected nonfatal injuries in 2018 were due to unintentional falls

Compared with prepandemic period, increases seen in risk for firearm injuries in young children and injuries inflicted by young children

Compared with 2019, seven times more pediatric cases of ABHS eye exposures reported in April to August 2020