Burn related injuries: a nationwide analysis of adult inter-facility transfers over a six-year period in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

US emergency department (ED) visits for burns and factors associated with inter-facility transfer are unknown and described in this manuscript.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of burn-related injuries from 2009-2014 using the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS), the largest sample of all-payer datasets. We included all ED visits by adults with a burn related ICD-9 code and used a weighted multivariable logistic regression model to predict transfer adjusting for covariates.

Results

Between 2009-2014, 3,047,701 (0.4%) ED visits were for burn related injuries. A total of 108,583 (3.6%) burn visits resulted in inter-facility transfers occurred during the study period, representing approximately 18,097 inter-facility transfers per year. B

SUBMITTER: Evans CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9380358 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature