Improving adherence to a care plan generated from the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-179

  Cooper, C ^a   Brierley, E R ^a,b   Burden, S T ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action plan; hospital; malnutrition; MUST; qualitative; screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MALNUTRITION UNIVERSAL SCREENING TOOL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK;

EID: 84873430540     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.196     Document Type: Article

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