Addressing Malnutrition Early Saves Money – Tuesday Tube Facts

Aug 6, 2019 | 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