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The median distance from home to birth hospital among eligible infants was 9 miles, and from birth hospital to repair hospital was 15 miles. We limited our analysis to infants who lived close to the birth hospital, creating two study groups to examine transfer distance patterns: \u201clived close and had a short transfer\u201d (i.e., lived &lt;9 miles from birth hospital and traveled &lt;15 miles from birth hospital to repair hospital; n\u2009=\u200992), and \u201clived close and had a long transfer\u201d (i.e., lived &lt;9 miles from birth hospital and traveled \u226515 miles from birth hospital to repair hospital; n\u2009=\u200996). Log-binomial regression was used to estimate crude and adjusted risk ratios (aRRs and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Selected maternal, infant, and birth hospital characteristics were compared between the two groups.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003We found that low birth weight (aRR\u2009=\u20091.44; 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.04, 1.99) and preterm birth (aRR\u2009=\u20091.41; 95% CI\u2009=\u20091.01, 1.97) were positively associated, whereas initiating prenatal care early in the first trimester was inversely associated (aRR\u2009=\u20090.64; 95% CI\u2009=\u20090.46, 0.89) with transferring a longer distance (\u226515 miles) from birth hospital to repair hospital. No significant associations were noted by maternal race-ethnicity, socioeconomic indicators, or the level of hospital care at the birth hospital.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusion\u2003Our study identified selected infant factors associated with the distance to access surgical care for infants with myelomeningocele who had to transfer from birth hospital to repair hospital. Distance-based barriers to care should be identified and optimized when planning deliveries of at-risk infants in other populations.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Key Points\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0042-1760431","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,16]],"date-time":"2023-01-16T23:52:05Z","timestamp":1673913125000},"page":"e1091-e1098","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"special_numbering":"S","title":["Factors Associated with Transfer Distance from Birth Hospital to Repair Hospital for First Surgical Repair among Infants with Myelomeningocele in California"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Vijaya","family":"Kancherla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chen","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neonatal and 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