将枪支存储和安全装置整合到医疗保健中
Christopher R Cogle1, Anirudh B Venkatesh1, Jaclyn M Hall2
1Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Health affairs scholar
|September 10, 2024
概括
枪支死亡是美国年轻人死亡的主要原因. 为枪支安全装置制定持久医疗设备代码可以改善获得安全存储解决方案的机会,并减少儿童枪支伤害.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 伤害预防 预防伤害
- 卫生政策 卫生政策
背景情况:
- 枪支暴力是一个严重的公共卫生危机,枪支是美国儿童和青少年死亡的主要原因.
- 数以百万计的儿童居住在有枪支的家庭中,但安全储存做法不一致,增加了风险.
- 目前的医疗保健系统缺乏机制,以促进对枪支安全装置的访问.
研究的目的:
- 倡导建立持久医疗设备 (DME) 代码,用于枪支存储和安全装置.
- 为了使医疗保健提供者能够为这些关键的预防工具开设和促进保险覆盖.
- 加强将枪支安全咨询融入常规医疗护理.
主要方法:
- 对当前关于青少年枪支死亡事故和安全储存实践的公共卫生数据的分析.
- 审查现有的医疗保健报销结构和耐用医疗设备 (DME) 编码.
- 关于专门为枪支安全装置创建新的DME代码的建议.
主要成果:
- 在过去的十年中,与枪支相关的年轻人死亡人数翻了一番,这凸显了迫切需要进行干预的需要.
- 目前,由于没有DME代码,医疗保健提供者无法为枪支安全装置开处方并获得保险覆盖.
- 实施DME代码将支持医生提供致命手段咨询,并促进负责任的枪支所有权.
结论:
- 建立持久医疗设备 (DME) 代码用于枪支存储设备对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 这些规范将使医疗保健提供者能够将枪支安全纳入患者护理,并减少儿童枪支伤害.
- 这一政策变化可以大大加强医院和社区的努力,以防止儿童和青少年中与枪支有关的死亡.
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