"When we began our study into the costs of treatments for firearm injuries, we knew in advance that costs would be high. "The costs of hospitalizations for firearm injuries increased slightly from 2006 to 2014, but not dramatically. "That does not include follow-up costs, costs of readmissions or disability or home medications or loss of work." "However, lots of people suffering firearm injuries never make it to the hospital, so they do not show up in hospital cost data sets," Weiser said. "Gun injuries now still do not come close to the high of gun violence that was seen in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Source: CNN March 21, 2017 22:30 UTC