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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedHoffmann JA, Carter CP, Olsen CS
Pediatric firearm injury emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: a multicenter study.
This retrospective study aimed to assess how pediatric firearm injury emergency department (ED) visits during the pandemic differed from expected prepandemic trends. The authors looked at firearm injury ED visits by children <18 years old at 9 US hospitals participating in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Registry before (January 2017 to February 2020) and during (March 2020 to November 2022) the pandemic. They calculated rate ratios (RRs) of observed to expected visits per 30 days, overall, and by sociodemographic characteristics. They identified 1904 firearm injury ED visits (52.3% 15-17 years old, 80.0% male, 63.5% non-Hispanic Black), with 694 prepandemic visits and 1210 visits during the pandemic. Death in the ED/hospital increased from 3.1% prepandemic to 6.1% during the pandemic. Firearm injury visits per 30 days increased from 18.0 prepandemic to 36.1 during the pandemic (RR 2.09). Increases beyond expected rates were seen for 10- to 14-year-olds (RR 2.61), females (RR 2.46), males (RR 2.00), Hispanic children (RR 2.30), and Black non-Hispanic children (RR 1.88).
AHRQ-funded; R01HS020270.
Citation: Hoffmann JA, Carter CP, Olsen CS .
Pediatric firearm injury emergency department visits from 2017 to 2022: a multicenter study.
Pediatrics 2023 Dec; 152(6). doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063129..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Emergency Department, Healthcare Utilization, Injuries and Wounds
Myers SR, Branas CC, French B
A national analysis of pediatric trauma care utilization and outcomes in the United States.
The goal of this study was to provide the first national description of the proportion of injured children treated at pediatric trauma centers, and to clarify the presumed benefit of pediatric trauma center verification by comparing injury mortality across hospital types. The study used data from the 2006 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids Inpatient Database combined with national trauma center inventories. The results of the study may provide evidence that treatment of injured children at verified pediatric trauma centers may improve outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS017960; HS018604.
Citation: Myers SR, Branas CC, French B .
A national analysis of pediatric trauma care utilization and outcomes in the United States.
Pediatr Emerg Care 2019 Jan;35(1):1-7. doi: 10.1097/pec.0000000000000902..
Keywords: Children/Adolescents, Healthcare Utilization, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Injuries and Wounds, Outcomes, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Trauma