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Prolonged hospital stay could significantly affect the limited resources of the hospital, and further lead to post-operative complications, and poor surgical outcome. Identifying the factors that contribute to longer hospital stays could improve quality of patient care and service delivery. However, there is limited evidence in Ethiopia, particularly among paediatrics population. Hence, this study aimed to assess the length of hospital stay and its associated factors among pediatric surgical patients admitted to Adama Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and Asella Teaching Hospital, Oromia, Ethiopia.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n<jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted through secondary data extraction from February 1, 2023, to January 30, 2024. A simple random sampling technique was employed to select 422 pediatric patients admitted to the surgical units. SPSS version 26 was utilized for analysis and data was presented in frequency, percentage, tables and figures. The association between independent variables and dependent variable (Prolonged Length of Hospital Stay) was assessed using binary logistic regression. A length of hospital stays for more than or equal to 75<jats:sup>th<\/jats:sup> percentile (\u2265 12.5 days) was considered as prolonged. Finally, variables with p-value &lt;0.05 were considered statistically significant.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n<jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>The prevalence of prolonged length of stay was found to be 19.6% [95% CI: 15.8%, 23.4%]. Undernutrition [AOR: 2.6; 95% CI: 1.11,6.08], children admitted due to trauma [AOR: 4.1; 95% CI: 1.75, 9.83], and postoperative complications [AOR: 7.8; 95% CI: 3.99, 15.6] were positively associated with the outcome variable. 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