New research was released Monday at the APHA meeting in Boston on the public health cost of gun violence. Add this to our ongoing conversation about the cost of violence. No full report on this research yet, but you can check out the summary reports here and here.
From APHA’s press release:
“Firearm injuries in the U.S. cost $18.9 billion in hospital resources between 2003 and 2010, according to new research released today at the American Public Health Association’s 141st Annual Meeting in Boston.
According to the research, 252,181 victims of gunfire in the U.S. resulted in 1.8 million days of hospital service — an average of 7.1 days per incident. The average cost of medical treatment for each hospitalization was $75,884. Additionally, roughly one in three patients was uninsured.”