Financial implications
The implications for a all degrees of burn injury are substantial. These are not necessarily explicit. For example, as well as the cost of immediate hospital treatment, the following should be acknowledged:
- time off work
- cost of rehabilitation
- loss of earnings to employer
- family support including time off work for caring role
Accounting for all these factors, a major burn may cost œ125,000. For each 1% total body surface area burn, 1-2 days of hospital admission may be required.
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