Do criminals go to the hospital when they are shot?
Inj Prev
; 8(3): 236-8, 2002 Sep.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12226123
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To determine whether criminals go to the hospital when they are shot. Such information is needed to check on the accuracy of using hospital emergency room data to estimate non-fatal gunshot wounds.SETTING:
Five jails across the US.METHODS:
A survey of inmates being booked into jail, administered by in-house health care staff.RESULTS:
Over 90% of over 300 criminals who had been wounded sometime before their incarceration reported going to a hospital for treatment after being shot. These results are consistent with previous findings from one jail.CONCLUSIONS:
Jail inmates who had previously been shot were likely to have been treated in a hospital. This limited finding is consistent with the proposition that hospital/emergency department data may miss only a small percentage of gunshot wounds to criminals.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Prisioneros
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Heridas por Arma de Fuego
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Aceptación de la Atención de Salud
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Crimen
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Inj Prev
Asunto de la revista:
PEDIATRIA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos