A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022

• Main Authors: Kristin Salottolo (Author), R. Joseph Sliter (Author), Gary Marshall (Author), Carlos H. Palacio Lascano (Author), Glenda Quan (Author), David Hamilton (Author), Robert Madayag (Author), Gina Berg (Author), David Bar-Or (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is an epidemic of firearm injuries in the United States since the mid-2000s. Thus, we sought to examine whether hospitalization from firearm injuries have increased over time, and to examine temporal changes in patient demographics, firearm injury intent, and injury severit...