Malnutrition in the UK: policies to address the problem
Malnutrition in the UK: policies to address the problem
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DOI:
10.1017/s0029665110001746
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发表时间:
2010-11-01
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7
通讯作者:
Stratton, R. J.
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作者:
Elia, M.;Russell, C. A.;Stratton, R. J.
In 2007, the estimated cost of disease-related malnutrition in the UK was in excess of 13 pound x 10(9). At any point in time, only about 2% of over 3 million individuals at risk of malnutrition were in hospital, 5% in care homes and the remainder in the community (2-3% in sheltered housing). Some government statistics (England) grossly underestimated the prevalence of malnutrition on admission and discharge from hospital (1000-3000 annually between 1998 and 2008), which is less than 1% of the prevalence (about 3 million in 2007-2008) established by national surveys using criteria based on the 'Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool' ('MUST'). The incidence of malnutrition-related deaths in hospitals, according to government statistics (242 deaths in England in 2007), was also