Malnutrition in Dutch health care: Prevalence, prevention, treatment, and quality indicators

Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-519

  Meijers, Judith M M ^a   Halfens, Ruud J G ^a   van Bokhorst de van der Schueren, Marian A E ^b   Dassen, Theo ^c   Schols, Jos M G A ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Home care; Hospitals; Malnutrition; Nursing homes; Nutritional care; Screening; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 63249085434     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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