K Freijer, I Lenoir-Wijnkoop, C A Russell, M A Koopmanschap, H M Kruizenga, S K Lhachimi, K Norman, M J C Nuijten, J M G A Schols
Health-care systems are currently facing tremendous budget constraints resulting in growing pressure on decision makers and health-care providers to obtain the maximum possible health benefits of the resources available. Choices have to be made, and health economics can help in allocating limited health-care resources among unlimited wants and needs. Attempts to achieve cost reductions often focus on severe pathologies and chronic diseases as they commonly represent high health-care expenditures. In this context, awareness of the considerable financial burden caused by disease-related malnutrition (DRM) is lacking...
May 2015: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition