Access to pediatric trauma centres in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with major trauma have better outcomes when treated in pediatric trauma centres, but population-based data on access to these centres in Canada are lacking. We aimed to estimate the proportion of children with major trauma who accessed a pediatric trauma centre in Canada (through direct transport or transfer) and compare access across provinces.

Methods

We conducted a population-based cohort study of children (aged < 16 yr) who were admitted to hospital after a major trauma (Injury Severity Score > 12) in 9 Canadian provinces (excluding Quebec) from 2016 to 2021. We estimated the adjusted incidence of access to a pediatric trauma centre across provinces using robust Poisson regression and examined the effect of age and injury severity in subgroup analyses

SUBMITTER: Lapierre A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12705197 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature