Cost savings of an adult hospital nutrition support team

Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1127-1133

  Kennedy, John F ^a   Nightingale, Jeremy M D ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost savings; Enteral nutrition; Nutrition support team; Parenteral nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; COST CONTROL; DIETITIAN; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SALARY; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27944482526     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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