Back to Search
Start Over
Clinical and financial implications of hospital malnutrition in Spain.
- Source :
- European Eating Disorders Review; Nov2019, Vol. 27 Issue 6, p581-602, 22p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
-
Abstract
- Objective: The aim of this review is to analyse the studies about cost and clinical implications that malnutrition causes in the Spanish hospitals. Material and methods: The review of the literature was carried out through a bibliographic search in Web of Science following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) criteria and analyse the cost of treatment of malnourished and anorexia nervosa (AN) patients Results: Seventeen studies with economic data related to malnutrition were included. The employment of a nutritional screening is the first tool to determinate the prevalence. Malnutrition is related to an incremental cost due to a longer hospital stay, expensive treatment, and higher rate of readmissions. Malnourished patients present more clinical complications, more infections, and higher mortality. No studies were found with economic data of AN in Spain. Conclusions: The prevalence of malnutrition is over 20%, with the elderly patients being the most affected. Nutritional screening is not implanted in all Spanish hospitals in spite of its proven cost‐effectiveness. The cost and the clinical implications of malnutrition make this disease a health national problem. The knowledge of the real cost of AN treatment would increase the interest of public institutions on the development of specific Nutritional Screening tools for an early detection of AN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANOREXIA nervosa treatment
INFECTION risk factors
MALNUTRITION treatment
MORTALITY risk factors
MALNUTRITION
AGE distribution
ANOREXIA nervosa
COST effectiveness
ECONOMIC aspects of diseases
HEALTH facilities
LENGTH of stay in hospitals
MEDICAL care costs
NUTRITIONAL assessment
SYSTEMATIC reviews
DISEASE prevalence
PATIENT readmissions
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10724133
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Eating Disorders Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139252267
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/erv.2697