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. ⋯ 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.
Lina Deghayli, Sara Moufarrij, Michael Norberg, Robert Sheridan, Wassim Raffoul, Anthony de Buys Roessingh, Nathalie Hirt-Burri, and Lee Ann Applegate.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Unit of Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland.