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Audit of dietary input into a hospital lipid clinic
Author(s) -
Cornu Kate
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-277x.1991.tb00086.x
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , emergency medicine , cholesterol , management , economics
Patients attending a lipid clinic demonstrated a fall in blood cholesterol level averaging 17% and a weight reduction averaging 3.2 kg (7.13 lbs) in the first 3 months after intensive dietary advice. The cost of maintaining a patient on diet and drugs was calculated to be approximately £601 year, compared with only £35 on diet alone. Of the £35, only £5.20 relates to dietetic costs which makes dietary therapy the most cost‐effective part of the management of hypercholesterolaemia.