[Information systems for clinicians II. How to analyze the efficiency and quality of in-hospital care].
We describe four possible readings of the analysis of case-mix in hospitals: variability of pathologies treated, assessment of the complexity of patients and efficiency in their care and analysis of quality of care in terms of clinical outcomes, as hospital mortality. We analyze the concept of risk adjustment, essential for comparison of results from different hospital services.
Jiménez-Puente
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Unidad de Evaluación, Hospital Costa del Sol, Marbella, Málaga, España. ajpuente@hcs.es
García-Alegría
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Lara-Blanquer
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D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care