Nutrition program cost-effective for weight but not QALYs in hip fracture patients .
Cost-effectiveness of nutritional intervention in elderly subjects after hip fracture. A randomized controlled trial
Osteoporos Int. 2013 Jan;24(1):151-62. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-2009-7. Epub 2012 May 26152 elderly patients with hip fractures were randomized to determine if nutrition supplementation and dietetic counseling was a cost-effective protocol to increase weight and quality adjusted life years (QALYs). Patients were followed for 6 months postsurgery. The cost-effectiveness with respect to weight gain was found to be feasible; however, the probability that the program was cost-effective for QALYs was relatively low.
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