• R Kandiyali, J H Sarginson, L I Hollén, F Spickett-Jones, and Young A E R AER The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Children's Burns Research, The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom..
• Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, School of Social and Community Medicine, Oakfield Grove, BS8 2BN, United Kingdom; The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Children's Burns Research, The Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: rebecca.kandiyali@bristol.ac.uk.
• Burns. 2018 Feb 1; 44 (1): 188-194.

AbstractThe objective of this economic study was to evaluate the resource use and cost associated with the management of small area burns, including the additional costs associated with unexpected illness after burn in children of less than five years of age. This study was conducted as a secondary analysis of a multi-centre prospective observational cohort study investigating the physiological response to burns in children. 452 children were included in the economic analysis (median age=1.60years, 61.3% boys, median total burn surface area [TBSA]=1.00%) with a mean length of stay of 0.69 days. Of these children, 21.5% re-presented to medical care with an unexpected illness within fourteen days of injury. The cost of managing a burn of less than 10% TBSA in a child less than five years of age was £785. The additional cost associated with the management of illness after burn was £1381. A generalised linear regression model was used to determine the association between an unexpected illness after burn, presenting child characteristics and NHS cost. Our findings may be of value to those planning economic evaluations of novel technologies in burn care.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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