Association of Initiation of Statewide Pediatric Trauma Collaborative and Hospital Preventable Transfer Rates

The Utah Pediatric Trauma Network (UPTN), established in 2019, is a collaboration of hospitals that have implemented guidelines to optimize pediatric trauma care. The purpose of this study was to determine whether preventable transfer (PT) rates decreased following the establishment of the UTPN and what hospital characteristics were associated with decreased preventable transfers.