A decision aiding methodology to compare patient classification systems
@article{Oliva2018ADA, title={A decision aiding methodology to compare patient classification systems}, author={M. D. V. Y. Oliva and S. B. Amor and J. Bassa and Isabel Caballero Lopez Fando and {\'A}ngel Delgado and Pablo de Miguel Bohoyo}, journal={International journal of multicriteria decision making}, year={2018}, volume={7}, pages={177-194} }
Spanish public hospitals funding depends on the classification of attended pathologies. These pathologies are grouped thanks to a patient classification system (PCS) into the so-called diagnostic related groups (DRGs). International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding systems generate various DRGs. Based on the ICD-9, the all patients diagnostic related groups (AP-DRGs) were used. In January 2016, Spain adopted ICD-10. One of the casualties from this transition was the AP-DRG PCS which did… CONTINUE READING