Dehydration in the elderly: A review focused on economic burden
| Autor: | Lluis Serra-Majem, Beatriz González López-Valcárcel, Marianna Frangeskou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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PubMed
medicine.medical_specialty Hospitalized patients health care facilities manpower and services MEDLINE Medicine (miscellaneous) Quality of life (healthcare) Cost of Illness Economic cost Health care Prevalence Cost of illness medicine Humans Intensive care medicine Aged Quality of Life Research Nutrition and Dietetics Dehydration Geriatrics gerontology business.industry Health Care Costs social sciences humanities Quality of Life Health Resources Health Expenditures Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | The journal of nutrition, health & aging. 19:619-627 |
| ISSN: | 1760-4788 1279-7707 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12603-015-0491-2 |
| Popis: | Dehydration is the most common fluid and electrolyte problem among elderly patients. It is reported to be widely prevalent and costly to individuals and to the health care system. The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on the economic burden of dehydration in the elderly.A comprehensive search of several databases from database inception to November 2013, only in English language, was conducted. The databases included Pubmed and ISI Web of Science. The search terms «dehydration» / "hyponaremia" / "hypernatremia" AND «cost» AND «elderly» were used to search for comparative studies of the economic burden of dehydration. A total of 15 papers were identified.Dehydration in the elderly is an independent factor of higher health care expenditures. It is directly associated with an increase in hospital mortality, as well as with an increase in the utilization of ICU, short and long term care facilities, readmission rates and hospital resources, especially among those with moderate to severe hyponatremia.Dehydration represents a potential target for intervention to reduce healthcare expenditures and improve patients' quality of life. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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