TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Burn care costing: The Welsh experience
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Hemington-Gorse, S. J.
A1  - Potokar, Tom S.
A1  - Drew, P. J.
A1  - Dickson, W. A.
SP  - 378
EP  - 382
VL  - 35
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 "expensive" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2008.08.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -