Reply - Malnutrition and its impact on cost of hospitalization, length of stay, readmission and 3-year mortality

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 489-490

  Lim, Su Lin ^a,b   Daniels, Lynne ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIETITIAN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-9; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION;

EID: 84877109750     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2012.12.014     Document Type: Letter

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