Citation

Deghayli L, Moufarrij S, Norberg M, Sheridan R, Raffoul W, de Buys Roessingh A, Hirt-Burri N, Applegate LA. Burns 2014; 40(5): 814-825.

Affiliation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Unit of Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.024

PMID

24286612

Abstract

Burn care and research have significantly improved over the past years. However, insurance coverage of such treatments does not reflect the improvements in this multi-disciplinary field. Government insurance policies in first world countries renown for burn care treatment, such as Switzerland and the United States, have not adapted to the complexity and longitudinal nature of burn care. Using case studies from both countries, we have analyzed both the institutional and policy approach to pediatric burn treatment coverage. Subsequently, by presenting the Shriners burn care model, we offer a policy recommendation to both the Swiss and the American governments to better their present legislation and infrastructure on pediatric burn coverage.

Language: en