INTERVENTIONS FOR HOSPITAL MALNUTRITION IN HO CHI MINH CITY: EVIDENCES FROM LITERATURE, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

Quoc Cuong TRAN1,, Thi Ngoc Diep DO1, Quynh Hoa VU1
1 Nutrition Center of Ho Chi Minh City

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The target to improve the quality of health services in Ho Chi Minh City puts many challenges to hospitals within the City. Prevention and treatment of hospital malnutrition in acute care setting are among effective solutions to improve quality of patient care, recovery, cost of treatment, length of hospital stay and mortalities. Hospital malnutrition is not only caused by medical problems and treatment themselves (personal causes) but also by nutritional care of health care facilities (institutional causes). Therefore, for effective malnutrition control of hospitalized patients, solutions should focus on both these group of causes particular food services in hospital.

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