+ The cost of firearm deaths in the United States: Reduced life expectancies and increased insurance costs
- Author:
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Lemaire, J.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Gender, Homicide, Suicide, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Cost, Life insurance, Life lost, UNITED States, Violence
Data from the National Center for Health Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention, and the U.S. Census Bureau were used to calculate the “cost” of firearms deaths in the U.S. in terms...
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+ The financial burden of injury-related hospitalizations to an Alaska Native health system
- Author:
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Chandler, B. A. / Berger, L. R.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Alaska Med
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Accidents/Unintentional, Ethnicity, Local, Medical, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Alaska, Firearms, Health Care Costs, Suicide, Violence
The authors evaluated how much the Tanana Chiefs Conference in Interior Alaska, a Native Alaskans’ health care system, paid for injury-related hospitalizations from 1994-1998. They identified 511 cases...
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+ The Federal Gun Registry: An Urgent Need for Independent, Non-partisan Research
- Author:
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Gabor, Thomas
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Topics:
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International, Legislation and Policy, Ownership
- Keywords:
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Auditor General, Canada, Cost, registration
The author discusses the need for a comprehensive registration system to track firearms in Canada. He notes the obstacles to the licensing and registration requirements established in 1995 through gun...
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+ Firearm Injury in America
- Author:
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Schwab, C. W. / Richmond, T. / Dunfey, M.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- LDI Issue Brief
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Public Health
- Keywords:
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Adolescent, Child, Cost of Illness, Firearms, HOMICIDE
In this issue brief, the Firearm Injury Center at Penn (FICAP) prevents an overview of firearm violence in the United States and provides suggestions on public health approaches to reduce the burden of...
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