Undernutrition risk and nutritional screening implementation in hospitals: Barriers and time trends (2019-2020)

Background & aims: Undernutrition screening is the starting point for high-quality nutrition care. In Portugal, the systematic nutritional risk assessment became mandatory for every inpatient in hospitals of the National Health System in 2019. The aims of this study were to describe the country&...

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Main Author: Taipa Mendes, AM (author)
Other Authors: Amaral, Teresa (author), Gregório, Maria João (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/137446
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/137446