Health economics evidence for medical nutrition: Are these interventions value for money in integrated care?

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 241-251

  Walzer, Stefan ^a,b   Droeschel, Daniel ^a,c   Nuijten, Mark ^d   Chevrou Séverac, Hélène ^e  

^a MArS Market Access and Pricing Strategy GmbH   (Germany)

^b State University Baden Wuerttemberg   (Germany)

^c Riedlingen University SRH FernHochschule   (Germany)

^d Ars Accessus Medica   (Netherlands)

^e NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health economics; Medical nutrition; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; COW MILK PROTEIN ALLERGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOOD ALLERGY; FUNDING; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL NUTRITION; NUTRITION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANCREATITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 84901190636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S58852     Document Type: Review

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