Tag: Oral Nutritional Supplementation

Health economic value of postacute oral nutritional supplementation in older adult medical patients at risk for malnutrition

Jason Shafrin

That is my recent paper with co-authors Shanshan Wang, Jason Shafrin, and Kirk Kerr in BMJ Open. The abstract is below: Objective To estimate the health economic value of postdischarge oral nutrition supplement (ONS) consumption among elderly adults who were malnourished during hospitalisation. Design A cost-effectiveness model was developed from a US payer perspective based on a…

Use of Conditionally Essential Amino Acids and the Economic Burden of Postoperative Complications After Fracture Fixation: Results from a Cost Utility Analysis

Jason Shafrin

That is the title of my new paper out in ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research. This work was done with co-authors Kyi-Sin Than, Anmol Kanotra, Kirk W Kerr, Katie N Robinson, Michael C Willey. The abstract is below. Objective: To measure the economic impact of conditionally essential amino acids (CEAA) among patients with operative treatment for fractures.Methods: A…

Wound-Specific Oral Nutritional Supplementation Can Reduce the Economic Burden of Pressure Injuries for Nursing Homes

Jason Shafrin

My paper with co-authors Shanshan Wang and Kirk Kirr just came out in the Journal of Long-Term Care titled Wound-Specific Oral Nutritional Supplementation Can Reduce the Economic Burden of Pressure Injuries for Nursing Homes: Results from an Economic Model. The abstract is below. Background To measure the cost savings and staff time savings of wound-specific…