Is Dietetic Treatment for Undernutrition in Older Individuals in Primary Care Cost-Effective

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 226.e7-226.e13

  Schilp, Janneke ^a,b   Bosmans, Judith E ^a   Kruizenga, Hinke M ^a,b,c   Wijnhoven, Hanneke A H ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Dutch Malnutrition Steering Group   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Dietetic treatment; Primary care; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

COST-EFFECTIVENESS; DIETETIC TREATMENT; PRIMARY CARE; UNDERNUTRITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 84893756918     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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