Abstract
Background: The Hospital Inpatient Enquiry (HIPE) administrative data provide the basis for the acute public hospital analyses. HIPE use discharge summaries and all other relevant clinical documentation to identify and code diagnoses and procedures for all patients. Resource allocation and planning of future services is dependent on current volumes of procedures. Appendectomy is one of the commonly performed procedures in every hospital. It can be performed open or laparoscopically. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the HIPE system in recording open versus laparoscopic appendectomies in the paediatric population in University Hospital Limerick.
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