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Table 4 Estimated Annual Cost per Hospital Stay and Total Hospital Costs, by Firearm Type, Intent, and Payer Source, National Inpatient Sample, 2003 - 2013a

From: Cost of hospitalization for firearm injuries by firearm type, intent, and payer in the United States

Variable

Level

Annual costs per admission (US$)

95% CI for annual costs per admission

Total annual costs (US$) (rounded to thousands)

95% CI for total annual costs (rounded to thousands)

bFirearm type

Handgun

19,175

18,495–19,880

183,241,000

176,743,000–189,979,000

Hunting Rifle

20,770

18,918–22,804

12,699,000

11,567,000–13,944,000

Assault Firearm

32,237

24,199–42,945

2,676,000

2,009,000–3565,000

Other/Unspecified Firearm

20,530

19,753–21,339

373,213,000

359,088,000–387,920,000

Shotgun

23,026

21,530–24,627

50,362,000

47,090,000–53,864,000

cIntent

Unintentional

16,975

16,038–17,967

117,595,000

111,104,000–124,467,000

Assault

20,989

20,080–21,941

389,449,000

372,583,000–407,113,000

Legal Intervention

33,462

30,018–37,301

18,933,000

16,985,000–21,106,000

Self-Harm

24,369

22,918–25,913

64,305,000

60,476,000–68,380,000

Undetermined

18,953

17,623–20,383

36,574,000

34,008,000–39,334,000

dPayer source

Medicaid

24,714

23,539–25,949

205,508,000

195,737,000–215,778,000

Medicare

21,834

20,227–23,568

36,485,000

33,799,000–39,382,000

Other

21,020

19,900–22,202

98,911,000

93,640,000–104,473,000

Private/HMO

19,772

18,977–20,601

132,602,000

127,270,000–138,161,000

Uninsured

16,816

16,107–17,556

155,014,000

148,479,000–161,836,000

  1. aAge, sex, race, income, disposition, died,, payer, hospital bed-size, hospital region, & year (treated as categorical)
  2. bAll pairwise comparisons statistically significant except for Handgun vs. Hunting Rifle
  3. cAll pairwise comparisons statistically significant
  4. dAll pairwise comparisons statistically significant except for Medicare vs. Private/HMO