Clinical and Economic Value of Nutrition in Healthcare: A Nurse's Perspective.
Nutr Clin Pract
; 34(6): 832-838, 2019 Dec.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31544300
ABSTRACT
In the US healthcare system, malnutrition is a common condition, yet it remains underreported and underdiagnosed. The financial costs of disease-associated malnutrition are substantial; hospital-acquired conditions, readmissions, and prolonged lengths of stay are reported to cost as much as $150 billion per year. By contrast, nutrition-focused quality improvement programs for inpatients can help reduce the negative impact of disease-associated malnutrition. Such programs include systematic screening for malnutrition risk on admission, timely malnutrition diagnoses, and prompt nutrition interventions, which have been shown to lower rates of hospital-acquired infections, shorten lengths of stay, reduce readmissions, and lessen costs of care. Nurses are ideally positioned to play critical roles in nutrition-related care-screening for malnutrition on admission, monitoring for and addressing conditions that impede nutrition intake, and ensuring that prescribed nutrition interventions are delivered and administered or consumed. Such nursing support of multidisciplinary nutrition care contributes to better patient outcomes at lower costs.
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Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Atención a la Salud
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Desnutrición
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Atención de Enfermería
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nutr Clin Pract
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
/
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos