title: [Descriptive study of the profiles of victims of firearm projectile injuries and healthcare costs in a hospital in the Viva Sentinela Network].
abstract: to describe the profile of victims with injuries caused by firearm projectiles and the cost of treatment at a referral hospital in Midwestern Brazil belonging to the Viva Sentinela Network.
  
  
  
  a descriptive study with convenience samplie was conducted from January to March 2013; data sources were interviews, patients' medical records, and the hospital statistics department.
  
  
  
  the 150 victims who participated were predominantly male (94.7%), young (67.3%), and drug/alcohol users (80.0%); the main reason of these incidents was drug trafficking/drug debt (45.3%); average health care costs were R$1,291.93 per case.
  
  
  
  the majority of victims were young male users of alcohol/drugs, and involvement with trafficking was the most frequent reason for victimization; average health care costs for these patients were high.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Hospital das Clínicas, Goiânia-GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Maciel
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Goiânia-GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marta Rovery de
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Goiás, Faculdade de Enfermagem, Goiânia-GO, Brasil.
authors.forename: Claci Fátima Weirich
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Rosso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D055030:Drug Users / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult