Included: all patients who were identified as high risk of malnutrition following nutritional screening or not screened are included, except those who are for palliative care at any point.
| Excluded: patients who were identified to not be high risk of malnutrition following nutritional screening and patients where it is decided they are for palliative care at any point (either within 72h or by discharge) are excluded from this indicator |
Numerator = the number of patients who were seen by a dietitian by discharge.
Denominator = all the applicable patients in the cohort. Patients who are applicable but did not see a dietitian are included in the denominator.
To calculate the numerator:
Count the number of patients for whom a date is given for when they saw a dietitian (Q 6.6.1).
Cohort percentage:
| For team-centred | For patient-centred |
| All patients in the team-centred post-72h cohort (records attributed to 7 day team) who were identified as high risk of malnutrition following nutritional screening or not screened, except those for palliative care | All patients in the patient-centred post-72h cohort who were identified as high risk of malnutrition following nutritional screening or not screened, except those for palliative care |
Example
Patient W was not screened, and was not for palliative care. Patient W therefore has not achieved the indicator.
Patient X was screened and identified as being at high risk of malnutrition, and seen by a dietitian on the 03/02/2015. Patient X achieved the indicator.
Patient Y was screened and identified as being at high risk of malnutrition, but was not seen by a dietitian during their inpatient stay. Patient Y was not for palliative care, therefore Patient Y has not achieved the indicator.
Patient Z was not identified as at high risk of malnutrition following nutritional screening. Patient Z is therefore excluded.
Therefore the cohort percentage is 0.33 or 33% or
