Dehydration in the elderly: A review focused on economic burden

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 619-627

  Frangeskou, M ^a   Lopez Valcarcel, B ^a   Serra Majem, Lluis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Economic costs; Elderly; Hospitalized patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; FLUID INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPONATREMIA; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDLINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DEHYDRATION; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBMED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84939417961     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0491-2     Document Type: Article

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