Care of Injured Children Compared to Adults at District and Regional Hospitals in Ghana and the Impact of a Trauma Intake Form: A Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial

•What is currently known about this topic?Incidence of pediatric trauma is disproportionately high in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Differences may exist in quality of care provided for injured children compared to adults.•What new information is contained in this article?At non-tertiary Ghanaian hospitals, quality of trauma care for children is lower compared to adults. While pediatric trauma care key performance indicators were improved with a standardized trauma intake form at these hospitals, the improvements were still lower compared to adults.