The impact of malnutrition on healthcare costs and economic considerations for the use of oral nutritional supplements

Clinical Nutrition, Supplement

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Russell, Christine A ^a  

^a British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Cost effectiveness; Disease related malnutrition; Health economics; Oral nutritional supplements

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 47049115010     PISSN: 17441161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2007.04.002     Document Type: Review

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