Defining and quantifying preventable and non-preventable hospital-acquired malnutrition-A cohort study.

The majority of hospital-acquired malnutrition cases were found to have a preventable component. It is proposed that a costing model that penalises hospitals for only preventable hospital-acquired malnutrition be considered, which would permit hospitals to focus on addressing preventable (and thus actionable) causes of hospital-acquired malnutrition with not only potential health benefits to patients but cost-savings to hospitals.