According to surgeons at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, operations account for more than $16 billion of these costs. The team has tracked the changing frequency and cost of surgery for gunshot wounds, as well as the severity of the injuries. “We’re now seeing a lot more on the impact of gun violence.
In the past, gun violence was never really discussed in the open — it was thought to only affect a certain population. However, now we know that it affects everyone,” says Dr.