caa a22 4500 445332379 CHVBK 20180317142741.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10198-010-0245-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10198-010-0245-3 Additional costs of inpatient malnutrition, Victoria, Australia, 2003-2004 [Elektronische Daten] [D. Rowell, T. Jackson] Our objective was to estimate the cost of inpatient malnutrition conditional upon admitting diagnosis and recorded nutritional treatment. We analysed an anonymised administrative data set for inpatients treated in hospitals in Victoria, Australia 2003-2004. The data set included patient-level cost, clinical markers, demographic and episode variables. The data set was analysed to identify codes, which indicated the presence of malnutrition or its treatment. Linear regression was used to ascertain to what extent malnutrition affected the cost of admission. Controlling for the underlying condition and any treatment administered, recorded malnutrition is estimated to add AU $1,745 per admission. The total cost of coded malnutrition to the Victorian public hospital system in 2003-2004 was estimated to be least AU $10.7 million. Only 1.87% of inpatients were coded as malnourished. As administrative data are known to underreport the prevalence of malnutrition, our estimate represents a credible lower boundary on the true cost of inpatient malnutrition. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Malnutrition nationallicence Quality of care nationallicence Administrative data nationallicence Cost of illness nationallicence Rowell D. School of Economics, Mayne Medical School, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, 4006, Herston, QLD, Australia aut Jackson T. Australian Centre for Economics Research in Health (ACERH/UQ), Mayne Medical Building, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, 4006, Herston, QLD, Australia aut The European Journal of Health Economics Springer-Verlag 12/4(2011-08-01), 353-361 1618-7598 12:4<353 2011 12 10198 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0245-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-010-0245-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rowell D. School of Economics, Mayne Medical School, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, 4006, Herston, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jackson T. Australian Centre for Economics Research in Health (ACERH/UQ), Mayne Medical Building, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, 4006, Herston, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Health Economics Springer-Verlag 12/4(2011-08-01), 353-361 1618-7598 12:4<353 2011 12 10198 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer