Did you know:
In 2018, there were 35,158,934 total registered hospital admissions
of Americans will stay in a hospital overnight in any given year?
About 7%
2
1
33% of the hospital patients arrive at the hospital malnourished.
3
And further
of those who aren’t malnourished when they arrive may become
so while at the hospital
33%
4
9.3
vending machines per hospital
in the US
7.1% of all vending machines in the US are in hospitals
In many hospitals, vending machines
are the only 24-hour food option
5
5
of foods sold in vending machines did not adhere to school nutrition standards
81%
Candy comprises the greatest percentage of all foods offered in vending machines
Vending machine food
Poor eating habits before and during hospitalization is associated with:
◆ increased risk of pressure ulcers
◆ impaired wound healing
◆ immune suppression
◆ increased infection rate
◆ muscle wasting
◆ longer length of hospital stay
◆ higher readmission rates
◆ higher treatment costs
◆ increased mortality
6
7
Hospital stays increase on average
2.3
days for malnourished patients. All of this drives up hospital costs.
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1 https://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/NHIS/SHS/2016_SHS_Table_P-10.pdf 2 https://www.aha.org/system/files/2018-02/2018-aha-hospital-fast-facts.pdf . 3 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212267213006412
4 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212267213006412 5 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/123/Supplement_5/S287.long 6 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/123/Supplement_5/S287.long
7 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/123/Supplement_5/S287.long 8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561411001993 9 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212267213006412
10 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561411001993 11 https://www.health24.com/Diet-and-nutrition/Nutrition-basics/Nutrition-and-recovery-from-illness-or-surgery-20130524
12 http://www.healthcarebusinesstech.com/nutrition-patient-outcomes/