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Cost of Disease Related Malnutrition in Croatia – a Hidden Cost in the Health Care Closet Wants out

Disease related malnutrition (DRM) and its risk are still highly prevalent in some patient populations, depending on patients' diagnoses and age, setting and assessment tools used. DRM is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, decreased QOL, frequent hospitalizations and increased health care costs. Moreover, the economic and human costs of malnutrition are avoidable. The purpose of the study is to estimate cost of DRM in Croatia by assessing direct costs related to hospitalizations, drug consumption, outpatient care in selected illnesses (IBD, gastric and lung cancers, chronic renal impairment and COPB). Selection was based on most evidential relations and available data. Secondary objective was to calculate and compare the total and per capita medical expenditures for people with DRM and identify cost saving potential.

cost-of-illness ; direct costs ; malnutrition ; Croatia

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