Burn center development in North America began in the mid 1940s, surged in the 1970s, and had reached virtually every distinct medical market by 1985. The authors present chronologies of the establishment of 137 currently active burn centers in the United States and 27 burn facilities in Canada, discuss public policy and other influences on burn center development, and review burn admissions trends. Another 46 U.S. hospitals are identified as having shown interest in caring for serious burn injuries in recent decades. Since national admissions data first became available in 1970, the proportion of U.S. patients with burns treated in burn centers has increased from 10% to 40%. Data were obtained from a survey of 197 hospitals in the United States and Canada listed in recent Burn Care Resources directories of the American Burn Association and annual surveys of the American Burn Association and the National Center for Health Statistics. Further study of burn centers in both institutional and societal contexts and submittal of archival material are encouraged.
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