@article{ref1,
title="Burn care costing: The Welsh experience",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2009",
author="Hemington-Gorse, S. J. and Potokar, Tom S. and Drew, P. J. and Dickson, W. A.",
volume="35",
number="3",
pages="378-382",
abstract="It has been accepted for many years that the cost of care for the burn-injured patient is high. There is, however, little published data to show how &quot;expensive&quot; it is. At the Welsh Centre for burns we have undertaken a costing exercise in an attempt to define the true cost to the treatment of burns. Using our current cost base and activity, we established a cost per health related group (HRG) for burns and also prospectively calculated costs for three inpatients to determine whether HRG-based burn tariffs accurately represent these costs. The NHS is under increasing pressure to provide evidence to support budgetary requirements; we feel this paper offers a framework for burn care costing upon which calculations could be based. <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2008.08.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2008.08.012"
}