Hospital-Based Shootings in the US, 2000-2024

What has been the trend in hospital-based shootings over the past 25 years in the US?This systematic review of 327 news articles of unique hospital-based shooting events found an overall incidence of 25.2 hospital-based shootings per year, which primarily occurred in large, urban, and southern US hospitals. Nearly one-third of shootings were potentially preventable by weapons screening.These findings underscore the need for hospital-specific prevention strategies, alongside broader societal efforts, to address rising firearm violence.

Corresponding Author: Sarayna S. McGuire, MD, MS, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905 (McGuire.Sarayna@mayo.edu).

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