Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of early screening and treatment of malnourished patients

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1082-1089

  Kruizenga, Hinke M ^a   Van Tulder, Maurits W ^a,b   Seidell, Jaap C ^a   Thijs, Abel ^a   Ader, Herman J ^a   Van Bokhorst De Van Der Schueren, Marian A E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Effectiveness; Hospital; Length of hospital stay; Malnutrition; Screening; Short Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire (SNAQ); Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CHANGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; LENGTH OF STAY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944457158     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/82.5.1082     Document Type: Article

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