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(JAMA) Hospital costs for firearm injuries
« on: August 30, 2021, 09:13:38 pm »
Too many guns are in circulation in the US, and there isn't much hope for stricter gun control measures so far as I can see. But every once in a while there is one more bit of evidence that guns are entirely too prevalent in this country, and here is one.


Those firearm injuries that hospitals have to treat are very costly.



From JAMA (August 24-31, 2021), "Hospital Costs for Firearm Injuries":


https://bit.ly/3sYjAjg
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