Critical role of nutrition in improving quality of care: An interdisciplinary call to action to address adult hospital malnutrition

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 482-497

  Tappenden, Kelly A ^a   Quatrara, Beth ^b   Parkhurst, Melissa L ^c   Malone, Ainsley M ^d   Fanjiang, Gary ^e   Ziegler, Thomas R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Mt Carmel West Hospital   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health care reform; hospital malnutrition; interdisciplinary; nutrition care; oral nutrition supplement

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROCOLITIS; FALLING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL MALNUTRITION; INTERDISCIPLINARY; NUTRITION CARE; ORAL NUTRITION SUPPLEMENT;

ADULT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84879204283     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607113484066     Document Type: Article

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