Economic Cost of US Older Adult Assault Injuries

Cora Peterson; Tadesse Haileyesus; Jeffrey H Herbst; Melissa S Gerald; Curtis Florence

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.37644

Economic Cost of US Older Adult Assault Injuries

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 1;7(10):e2437644. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.37644.

Authors

Cora Peterson¹, Tadesse Haileyesus¹, Jeffrey H Herbst¹, Melissa S Gerald², Curtis Florence¹

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
² National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This economic evaluation uses nationwide public health data to evaluate incidence and economic costs of homicides and nonfatal assault injuries among US adults aged 60 years or older.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Health Care Costs / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
United States
Violence / economics
Violence / statistics & numerical data
Wounds and Injuries* / economics
Wounds and Injuries* / epidemiology