Prevalence of malnutrition among hospital admissions to English NHS hospitals over two economically constrained decades: evidence from routine health data.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To examine the rates and distribution of hospital admissions for malnutrition in England between 2001 and 2021 using routine hospital admission data from Hospital Episode Statistics.

Methods

A retrospective, longitudinal study using routinely collected data for the whole of England between 2001 and 2021 across private and National Health Service providers. We estimated age-standardised and age-specific rates of admission with diagnoses for protein-energy malnutrition or vitamin deficiencies among patients who did not suffer from a medical condition likely to cause malnutrition between 2001 and 2021. A geospatial analysis estimated the spatiotemporal distribution of age and income-adjusted risk.

Results

Combining primary and secondary causes for admission,

SUBMITTER: Reeves K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12273158 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature