The quality of the clinical data of CMBD may be biased in its use with management aims or when assessing quality, as well as in epidemiological studies, evaluation of technology or use of services.
Some DRGs show significant internal variability in terms of comorbidity that may be generating a false worse evaluation of the efficiency of hospitals that treat patients with higher comorbidity.
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