Surgical Quality Improvement

Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute Outcomes

Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute Surgery ACS NSQIP Outcomes

January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) objectively measures and reports risk-adjusted surgical outcomes based on a defined sampling and abstraction methodology. These outcomes data reflect Cleveland Clinic’s Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute surgery ACS NSQIP performance benchmarked against 447 participating sites.

Dermatology & Plastic Surgery (447 Sites)NObservedExpected
30 Day Morbidityᵃ3628.29%5.31%
Pneumonia3620.28%0.08%
Ventilator > 48 Hours3620.00%0.01%
Renal Failure3620.00%0.03%
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)3620.00%0.26%
Surgical Site Infection (SSI)ᵃ3617.20%4.24%
Sepsis3620.83%0.30%
Unplanned Reoperation3626.08%5.01%
Unplanned Readmissionᵃ3626.91%3.26%

American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, 2024.
ACS NSQIP® Semiannual Report July 8, 2024, Chicago: American College of Surgeons.

ᵃIdentified as a statistical outlier (higher than expected) by the ACS NSQIP hierarchical model.