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globally increase need emergency department visits exceptionally high pediatric patients resulting longer lengths stay global challenge hospital bottleneck increases risk patient morbidity mortality also lowering satisfaction study aimed assess length stay associated factors pediatric emergency department wolaita sodo university hospital 2021 institutionbased crosssectional investigation undertaken march 15 may 15 2021 422 study participants chosen using systematic sampling procedure data collected using semistructured intervieweradministered questionnaires chart reviews epi data version 46 used enter data spss version 26 used analyze 95 confidence interval descriptive statistics used describe prevalence pediatrics emergency department duration stay factors related length stay identified using bivariable multivariable logistic regression analysis aor significant level proclaimed pvalue less 005 confidence interval less 95 proportion prolonged pediatric emergency department length stay 7970 95 ci 757 836 nighttime arrival aor 319 95 ci 114 898 weekend arrival aor 425 95 ci 149 535 receiving ordered medication hospital aor 205 95 ci 104 403 orange triage category aor 401 95 ci 160 1005 duration pain 1324 h aor 029 95 ci 089098 significantly associated length stay percentage children stayed pediatric emergency department extended period high policymakers implement evidencebased care maximize existing resources provide equal access care highquality care make pediatric emergency departments accessible operationally efficient