Are we wasting our money on food supplements in elder care wards?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-280

  Gosney, Margot ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Clinical Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food supplements; Nutrition; Older people; Sip feeds

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TASTE; WARD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST; ECONOMICS; ELEMENTAL DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STANDARD;

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, FORMULATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 0141994382     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02710.x     Document Type: Article

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