Impact of COVID-19 on global burn care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Worldwide, different strategies have been chosen to face the COVID-19-patient surge, often affecting access to health care for other patients. This observational study aimed to investigate whether the standard of burn care changed globally during the pandemic, and whether country´s income, geographical location, COVID-19-transmission pattern, and levels of specialization of the burn units affected reallocation of resources and access to burn care.

Methods

The Burn Care Survey is a questionnaire developed to collect information on the capacity to provide burn care by burn units around the world, before and during the pandemic. The survey was distributed between September and October 2020. McNemar`s test analyzed differences between services provided before and duri

SUBMITTER: Laura P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8664090 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature