Hospital-based, acute care within 30 days following discharge for acute burn injury

Anderson, Spencer R.; Sensing, Thomas; Thede, Katrina A.; Johnson, R Michael; Fox, Justin P.

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2021.05.016

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“…Severe burns are complex injuries with a high risk of mortality and long-term morbidity, and require management in a specialist service [1,2], where they contribute disproportionately and unpredictably to costs [3]. The Australian state of Victoria has one specialist adult burns service based at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne which treats virtually all Victorian adult patients with severe burns [4].…”

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Burden and Costs of Severe Burn Injury in Victoria, Australia

Cleland

Sriubaite

Gabbe

2022

EBJ

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This study examines the costs of severe burn injury in Victoria, Australia. It quantifies the funding generated through an activity-based case-mix system for hospital treatment of acute injury and presentations in the subsequent two years and costs of the longer-term burden of burn injury due to premature burn-related deaths and disability. Severe adult burns cases in Victoria from 2007–2016 were identified using the Victorian State Trauma Registry (VSTR). Cases were linked with the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED), Victoria Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD), and the National Coronial Information System (NCIS). Hospital re-imbursements and costs of Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) were calculated using disability weights derived from the EQ-5D-3L questionnaire responses at 24 months post injury. There were 331 patients hospitalised with a burn ≥20% total body surface area (TBSA) from 2007–2016. Total mean re-imbursement (SD) for the acute treatment episode per patient in Australian dollars (AUD) was $87,570 ($97,913). There was significant variation in the number of cases by year and re-imbursement per patient, with high outliers common. Excluding 2009, when 173 people died in bushfires, there were 7749 DALYs which cost $991,872,000. Severe burns are uncommon and variable. Economic treatment costs of severe burns are high, and among survivors there is high incidence of long-term disability and overall burden of injury.

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