Access to pediatric trauma centres in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Across 9 Canadian provinces, 1 in 4 children with major trauma did not receive care in a pediatric trauma centre. These results suggest the opportunity for improvement in Canadian trauma systems to ensure that all children receive optimal injury care.
Authors
- Terry Paul Klassen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5309-7091)
- Antonia Stang
- Gabrielle Freire
- Simon Berthelot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0372-0586)
- Sasha Carsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8180-9770)
- Émilie Beaulieu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7475-9808)
- Roger Zemek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7807-2459)
- Barbara Haas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8735-5771)
- Fran Priestap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-4532)
- Suzanne Beno (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1340-4392)
- Bourke W. Tillmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7815-5972)
- Neil Merritt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1310-6114)
- Marianne Beaudin
- Mélanie Bérubé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6657-3915)
- Alexandra Lapierre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-4940)
- Brett Burstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1107-9514)
- Natalie Yanchar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-8182)
- Isabelle Gagnon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2043-1644)
- Mélanie Labrosse
- Matthew J. Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1052-0128)
- Thomas Stelfox
- Lynne Moore
- Carmel Awlise
Institutions
- Université du Québec à Montréal (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.250625
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research