Healthcare utilization, medical costs and mortality associated with malnutrition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a matched cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: Malnourishment among COPD patients who were not dependent on mechanical ventilation was associated with greater healthcare resource utilization and higher aggregate medical costs. PMID: 30676096 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research