Addressing Malnutrition Early Saves Money – Tuesday Tube Facts
Addressing malnutrition early in the hospital reduced the average length of stay by 3.2 days in a Johns Hopkins study.*
This also provided a substantial cost savings of $1,514 per patient.*
* Tappenden, K., Quatrara, B., Parkhurst, M., Malone, A., Ganjiang, G., Ziegler, T. Critical Role of Nutrition in Improving Auality of Care: An Interdisciplinary Call to Action to Address Adult Hospital Malnutrition. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2013; 37(4): 482-497
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