Additional costs of inpatient malnutrition, Victoria, Australia, 2003-2004

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Rowell, D S ^a   Jackson, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Cost of illness; Malnutrition; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052572960     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0245-3     Document Type: Article

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