2006 Medical Costs Of Gang Violence

Medical and economic consequences of gang-related …

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Treatment costs for victims of gang violence have fueled the withdrawal of hospitals from trauma networks. Not included in such tallies are the medical resources that these seriously ill and medically indigent patients divert from other areas. We examined the surgical care …

The Economics of Injury and Violence …

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The average medical cost of all fatal injuries was approximately $41,570 per hospitalized patient and …

Adverse Effects | Youth.gov

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6 Direct and Indirect Costs of Violence - NCBI Bookshelf

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Stanko et al. (1998) counted the costs of public services—including policing, court costs, medical care, and refuge—spent in the year 1996 on responses to domestic violence …

Gang Homicides — Five U.S. Cities, …

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For each of the 33 eligible large cities, gang homicide counts were averaged for the period 2003–2008 and divided by the population estimates to calculate an …

Gang violence is a public health issue - the …

https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2014/jan/30/youth-gangs-public-health-concern

The cost of violence to the NHS stands at £2.9bn a year (£200m more than the total public health budget that was transferred to local authorities this year). …

Cost of gun violence: hospital charges for …

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About a third of inpatient gunshot victims were discharged to another medical facility and incurred costs of $179,565 on average.

2006 Medical Costs Of Gang Violence | Day of Difference

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Treating gang members’ gunshot wounds in the City of Los Angeles (LA), for example, costs the government approximately $45,296,446 annually in medical care …

Gang warfare: the medical repercussions - PubMed

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Fifty-eight percent had no third party reimbursement, 22% had Medi-Cal, and 20% had medical insurance. Because of dismal reimbursement rates, the costs of gang violence …

2006 Medical Expense Of Gang Violence | Day of Difference

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Traditionally, the field of criminal justice has studied gang violence (Klein & Maxson, 2006).While many sociologists have also explored this problem (Klein & …