Economic impact and quality of life as endpoints of nutritional therapy

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-458

  Darmon, Patrice ^a   Lochs, Herbert ^b   Pichard, Claude ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Cost effectiveness; Cost utility; Disability adjusted life years; Nutrition care; Quality adjusted life years; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; WASTING SYNDROME; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NUTRITION THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 54049110424     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e3282fcec49     Document Type: Review

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