Nutrition Care for Poorly Nourished Outpatients Reduces Resource Use and Lowers Costs

• Main Authors: Kurt Hong (Author), Suela Sulo (Author), William Wang (Author), Susan Kim (Author), Laura Huettner (Author), Rose Taroyan (Author), Kirk W. Kerr (Author), Carolyn Kaloostian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and Objectives: Over 25% of United States (US) community-dwelling, older adults are at nutritional risk. Health and cost burdens of poor nutrition can be lowered by nutrition programs for hospital inpatients, but few studies have looked at the impact on outpatients. The objective of our s...