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childhood deaths attributed trauma causes combined objectives provide first national description proportion injured children treated pediatric trauma centers tcs provide clarity presumed benefit pediatric tc verification comparing injury mortality across hospital types performed populationbased cohort study using 2006 healthcare cost utilization project kids inpatient database combined national tc inventories included pediatric discharges 16 international classification diseases ninth revision codes injury descriptive analyses performed evaluating proportions injured children cared tc level multivariable logistic regression models used estimate differences inhospital mortality tc type among level1 tcs analyses surveyweighted using healthcare cost utilization project sampling weights 153380 injured children 223 admitted pediatric tcs 452 general tcs 326 nontcs overall mortality 09 among level1 tcs raw mortality 10 pediatric tc 14 dual tc 21 general tc adjusted analyses treatment level1 pediatric tcs associated significant mortality decrease compared level1 general tcs adjusted odds ratio 06 95 confidence intervals 0409 results provide first national evidence treatment verified pediatric tcs may improve outcomes supporting survival benefit pediatric trauma verification given lack similar survival advantage found level1 dual tcs generalpediatric verified highlight need investigation understand factors responsible survival advantage pediatriconly tcs refine pediatric accreditation guidelines disseminate best practices