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.

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.