Structure and organisation of 47 nutrition support teams in Germany: A prospective investigation in 2000 German hospitals in 1999

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1311-1316

  Shang, Edward ^a   Suchner, U ^b   Dormann, A ^c   Senkal, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM MINDEN   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

German nutritional support teams; Nutritional education; Nutritional medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETETICS; DIETITIAN; ECONOMICS; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

DIETETICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0141891101     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601693     Document Type: Article

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