Profiling Malnutrition Prevalence among Australian Rural In-Patients Using a Retrospective Census of Electronic Medical Files over a 12-Month Period

Profiling Malnutrition Prevalence among Australian Rural In-Patients Using a Retrospective Census of Electronic Medical Files over a 12-Month Period

In-patient malnutrition leads to poor outcomes and mortality, and it is largely uninvestigated in non-urban populations. This study sought to: (1) retrospectively estimate the prevalence of malnutrition as diagnosed by dietetics in the rural Australian setting; (2) establish the proportion of all pa...

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Main Authors: Laura Alston, Megan Green, Vincent L Versace, Kristy A. Bolton, Kay Widdicombe, Alison Buccheri, Didir Imran, Steven Allender, Liliana Orellana, Melanie Nichols
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
malnutrition
in-patients
rural
malnutrition risk
census
electronic medical files
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/16/5909

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