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12 May 2014
What are the factors of success in systematic screening undernutrition?
Eva Leistra studied the screening results in all Dutch hospitals from 2007 to 2010. Her aim was to identify predictive factors for achieved screening results.:
Screening percentages have increased significantly since the introduction of the Performance Indicator (PI) for hospitals within the National Benchmarks on Quality of Care of the Dutch Health Care Inspectorate. Screening was more frequent in hospitals which have more patient admissions, protocol-defined referral to a dietician, and who use the SNAQ screening tool.
This information will be used to improve Dutch screening rates and may assist in the implementation of screening on undernutrition in other countries.
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