![]() While many Indian citizens live within 2 hours of a burn center, most centers do not offer ICU and skin bank services that are essential for modern burn care. Most burn units (n = 53, 79%) have access to hemodialysis. Burn units are staffed primarily by plastic surgeons (n = 62, 93%) with an average of 5.8 physicians per unit. More than 1 billion (75.1%) Indian citizens live within 2 hours of a burn center, but only 221.9 million (15.9%) live within 2 hours of a burn center with both an intensive care unit (ICU) and a skin bank. Of the 67 burn centers that completed the survey, 45% were government funded. Descriptive statistics were used to present our results. Our primary outcome was the time required to reach a burn facility within India. We then performed a cross-sectional geospatial analysis using geocoding software (ArcGIS 10.3) and publicly available hospital-level data (WorldStreetMap, WorldPop database) to predict the time required to access care at the nearest burn center. ![]() We surveyed all eligible burn centers (n = 67) in India to evaluate burn care resources at each facility. We therefore sought to examine access to burn care and the presence/absence of resources for burn care in India. Timely treatment is essential for optimal outcomes after burn injury, but the method of resource distribution to ensure access to proper care in developing countries remains unclear. ![]()
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