Accuracy of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Impro￥ement Program Pedlatrlc for laparoscopk appendectomy at a single Institution

摘要

Background: In October 2008, the American College of Surgeons revealed the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Pediatric in an effort to improve quality of surgical care in children. A 5% disagreement rate of data reported between institutions is accepted. The two goals of this study were to (1) determine if the random sampling performed with NSQIP data collection was representative of the population, and (2) verify that data captured in NSQIP was accurate.