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) |
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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 |