Citation

Hatten DN, Wolff KT. Homicide Stud. 2020; 24(4): 377-397.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1088767920916900

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Past research exploring correlates to gunshot wound fatality have focused on the distance between the victim/incident location and trauma care facilities. Far less is known regarding the role of first responders in linking individuals to trauma care services. This study introduces a new method for measuring proximity to trauma care services and first responder locations, using the STATA OSRMTIME package to assess this relationship. A positive and significant relationship was found between travel time, measured in minutes, from first responder locations and the likelihood of gunshot fatality, controlling for age, race, sex, and, injury severity.

Language: en