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Table 7 Comparison of the costs of care of different types of burn injury

From: Epidemiological and cost analysis of burn injuries admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary burn center

Cause of burn injury

Number of patients

Median (€)

IQR

p value

Hot water-scalding

195

25.96

21.27

0.053*

Flame

25

29.05

73.05

Contact with hot

24

18.37

13.43

Chemical

18

18.60

24.92

Electric

2

23.74

  1. IQR inter-quartile range
  2. * Kruskal–Wallis test