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Malnutrition
Malnutrition can lead to and worsen acute and chronic medical conditions, especially among older adults. The consequences of malnutrition are serious: it increases the risks for complications; leads to longer hospital length of stay and hospital readmissions, leading to higher healthcare costs; and is associated with increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Malnutrition decreases quality of life, functional status, activities of daily living, wound healing, muscle mass and strength.2-4
And, the economic burden of malnutrition is high: disease-associated malnutrition creates a $157 billion burden in the U.S. annually, considering direct medical costs, quality-adjusted life years lost, and mortality8; direct medical costs of disease-associated malnutrition total $15.5 billion annually in the U.S.3; the 30-day readmission rate is more than 50% higher, and the average cost per readmission is 26% higher for patients with malnutrition compared to patients without malnutrition.2
Nestlé Health Science offers a range of nutrition solutions to help improve health outcomes and quality of life for people with malnutrition and other related conditions.
Malnutrition
Malnutrition
Malnutrition can lead to and worsen acute and chronic medical conditions, especially among older adults. The consequences of malnutrition are serious: it increases the risks for complications; leads to longer hospital length of stay and hospital readmissions, leading to higher healthcare costs; and is associated with increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Malnutrition decreases quality of life, functional status, activities of daily living, wound healing, muscle mass and strength.2-4
And, the economic burden of malnutrition is high: disease-associated malnutrition creates a $157 billion burden in the U.S. annually, considering direct medical costs, quality-adjusted life years lost, and mortality8; direct medical costs of disease-associated malnutrition total $15.5 billion annually in the U.S.3; the 30-day readmission rate is more than 50% higher, and the average cost per readmission is 26% higher for patients with malnutrition compared to patients without malnutrition.2
Nestlé Health Science offers a range of nutrition solutions to help improve health outcomes and quality of life for people with malnutrition and other related conditions.
Malnutrition
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