Impacto del diagnóstico de desnutrición y el soporte nutricional en los grupos relacionados con el diagnóstico. ¿Merece la pena?

Hospital malnutrition is a serious problem, increasing morbidity in hospitalized patients and leading to high resource consumption. Resources are limited and good clinical management should achieve efficient nutritional management. Information systems are among the best health management tools and the main persons responsible for these systems are clinicians. Terms such as the minimum data set, case mix, diagnosis-related group, and analytical accounting are essential in our vocabulary. Correct codification of hospital malnutrition, the procedures used in its treatment and its recording in the patient's discharge record not only help to improve the hospital's information systems but also make clear the effect that a clinical activity such as nutritional intervention can have on the hospital's general results, measured in terms of effectiveness, efficiency and quality.