Health economic impact of managing patients following a community-based diagnosis of malnutrition in the UK

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-429

  Guest, Julian F ^a,b   Panca, Monica ^a   Baeyens, Jean Pierre ^c   de Man, Frank ^d   Ljungqvist, Olle ^e   Pichard, Claude ^f   Wait, Suzanne ^g   Wilson, Lisa ^g  

^a CATALYST Health Economics Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d Örebro University Hospital ^*

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g International Longevity Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Budget impact; Cost; Malnutrition; Resource use; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUDGET; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX SCORE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BUDGETS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 79960697762     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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