Hospitals spend billions to answer growing threat of violence: report

Hospitals spend billions to answer growing threat of violence: report

Attempting to prevent, prepare for and recover from violent acts in 2023 cost hospitals $18.3 billion, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association.

The financial cost of hospital and community violence

A new study assesses the financial impact of violence in hospitals and their communities, finding that the issue amounts to a multibillion-dollar problem annually. Estimated costs total $18.27 billion per year, according to a report published June 2 by the American Hospital Association (AHA). The largest share of that total, $13.1 billion, is the amount spent on treatment of fatal and nonfatal injuries, with the costs falling on hospitals becaus…