Álvarez Julia
Hospital Universitario Principe de Asturias. Universidad de Alcalá de Henares.
Nutr Hosp. 2019 Jul 1;36(Spec No2):44-49. doi: 10.20960/nh.02682.
The efficient management of health services requires obtaining the highest level of health possible with the available resources. The health economy has developed in recent years under the pressure of a more demanding population, older and with more comorbidities, in an environment of limited resources and greater financing difficulties. The Economics of Nutrition was born as a new discipline that addresses aspects related to the role of economics and nutrition in the health of healthy and sick populations. The economic analyzes are part of the evaluation tools for health interventions. Cost-effectiveness studies are the most frequently used. Cost-effectiveness studies have shown that the use of oral nutritional supplements offer clinical advantages for undernourished patients (reduction of morbidity and mortality) and economic benefits for the system (reduction of hospital stay, lower re-entry rates and cost savings). Oral nutritional supplementation in the integral recovery of the patient with malnutrition related to the disease is cost effective.
卫生服务的有效管理需要利用现有资源尽可能实现最高水平的健康。近年来，在人口要求更高、年龄更大且合并症更多的压力下，在资源有限且融资困难加剧的环境中，卫生经济得到了发展。营养经济学作为一门新学科应运而生，它探讨了经济与营养在健康人群和患病群体健康中的作用等相关方面。经济分析是卫生干预评估工具的一部分。成本效益研究是最常用的。成本效益研究表明，使用口服营养补充剂对营养不良患者具有临床优势（降低发病率和死亡率），对医疗系统具有经济效益（缩短住院时间、降低再入院率和节省成本）。口服营养补充对与疾病相关的营养不良患者的全面康复具有成本效益。
