Is the skeleton still in the hospital closet? A review of hospital malnutrition emphasizing health economic aspects

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1088-1092

  Souza, Telma T ^a   Sturion, Claudio J ^a   Faintuch, Joel ^b  

^a Danone Research   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malnutrition; Nutritional assessment; Oral supplements; Sip feeding; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); QUESTIONNAIRE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924873425     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2015.02.008     Document Type: Review

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