Firearm Injury Risk Prediction Among Children Transported by 9-1-1 Emergency Medical Services: A Machine Learning Analysis.

Journal: Pediatric emergency care
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Among children transported by ambulance across the United States, we used machine learning models to develop a risk prediction tool for firearm injury using basic demographic information and home ZIP code matched to publicly available data sources.

Authors

  • Craig D Newgard
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
  • Sean Babcock
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
  • Susan Malveau
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
  • Amber Lin
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
  • Jason Goldstick
    Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
  • Patrick Carter
  • Jennifer N B Cook
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
  • Xubo Song
    Knight Cancer Institute-CEDAR, Oregan Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
  • Ran Wei
  • Apoorva Salvi
    Center for Policy and Research in Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR.
  • Mary E Fallat
    Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY.
  • Nathan Kuppermann
    Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA.
  • Peter C Jenkins
    Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Joel A Fein
    Center for Violence Prevention, Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
  • N Clay Mann
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.