Impact of the Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score as a prognostic factor for all-cause mortality in older patients without cancer receiving home medical care: hospital ward-based observational cohort study.

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

The CONUT score on hospital admission could be used to predict overall mortality in older patients without cancer receiving home medical care. It is expected to be a simpler and cheaper screening tool for assessing the nutritional status in the field of home medical care.

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