The economic value of enteral medical nutrition in the management of disease-related malnutrition: A systematic review

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-29

  Freijer, Karen ^a   Bours, Martijn J L ^b   Nuijten, Mark J C ^c   Poley, Marten J ^d,e   Meijers, Judith M M ^b   Halfens, Ruud J G ^b   Schols, Jos M G A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Ars Accessus Medica   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costs; Disease related malnutrition; Economic value; Medical nutrition; Oral nutritional supplements; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENTERAL MEDICAL NUTRITION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; QUALITY OF HEALTH ECONOMIC STUDIES SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

COSTS; DISEASE-RELATED MALNUTRITION; ECONOMIC VALUE; MEDICAL NUTRITION; ORAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84890798474     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.09.005     Document Type: Review

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