Malnutrition in Hospitalized Patients Associated With Higher Costs, Longer Stays & Increased Mortality
1.95 million hospital stays involved malnutrition in 2013 (abstract image of a patient in a hospital bed)
Malnutrition is associated with:
Rate of malnutrition is highest:
(bar chart for malnutrition-related hospital stays per 100,000 population by community income)
(bar chart for malnutrition-related hospital stays per 100,000 population by age group)
Understand the impact of malnutrition. Learn more at: www.nutritioncare.org/malnutrition (picture of AHRQ logo) (picture of Aspen logo) (picture of Baxter logo) Source: Weiss AJ, Fingar KR, Barrett ML, Elixhauser A, Steiner CA, Guenter P, Hise Brown M. Characteristics of Hospital Stays Involving Malnutrition, 2013. HCUP Statistical Brief #210. http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb210-Malnutrition-Hospital-Stays-2013.jsp Publication date: September 20, 2016 |
Internet Citation: Malnutrition. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). September 2016. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/infographics/malnutrition.jsp. |
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