TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Insurance coverage of pediatric burns: Switzerland versus USA
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Deghayli, Lina
A1  - Moufarrij, Sara
A1  - Norberg, Michael
A1  - Sheridan, Robert
A1  - Raffoul, Wassim
A1  - de Buys Roessingh, Anthony
A1  - Hirt-Burri, Nathalie
A1  - Applegate, Lee Ann
SP  - 814
EP  - 825
VL  - 40
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2013.10.024
ID  - ref1
ER  -