Impact of nutritional status on length of stay and hospital costs among patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Thailand.

CONCLUSIONS: Higher levels of malnutrition screened using the NAF were significantly associated with longer LOS and higher hospital costs. Older adult patients had the highest risk of being malnourished and developing negative consequences. A prospective study of nutritional support by a nutrition care team is underway. PMID: 31192554 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research