Mortality differences and speed of wound closure among specialized burn care facilities
R. A. Wolfe, L. D. Roi, J. D. Flora, I. Feller and R. G. Cornell
Burn patient mortality rates at 11 major American burn care units were
investigated and were found to differ substantially after carefully
adjusting for patient mix at each participating burn facility. The adjusted
mortality rates differed by as much as a factor of two. Institution speed
of full-thickness burn wound closure was found to be significantly
associated with mortality experience, with lower mortality associated with
quicker wound closure. The data analyzed were from the National Burn
Information Exchange (12,000 cases).
