Nutritional assessment and management in hospitalised patients: Implication for DRG-based reimbursement and health care quality

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 913-919

  Ockenga, Johann ^a   Freudenreich, M ^a   Zakonsky, R ^a   Norman, K ^a   Pirlich, M ^a   Lochs, H ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Casemix; Diagnosis related groups; Health care quality; Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Nutritional screening; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CASE MIX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETITIAN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SCREENING TEST; WARD;

COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28944433197     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2005.05.019     Document Type: Article

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