@article{ref1,
title="Insurance coverage of pediatric burns: Switzerland versus USA",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2014",
author="Deghayli, Lina and Moufarrij, Sara and Norberg, Michael and Sheridan, Robert and Raffoul, Wassim and de Buys Roessingh, Anthony and Hirt-Burri, Nathalie and Applegate, Lee Ann",
volume="40",
number="5",
pages="814-825",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.024",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.024"
}