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For nearly 5 million Americans a year, home healthcare is critical as they recover from illness or injury. New research highlights the important role nutrition plays in helping these patients stay healthy and out of the hospital. The new study finds that when home healthcare patients are screened for malnutrition, educated, and provided with a nutrition care plan that includes nutritional drinks, the risk of being hospitalized was reduced by 24% in the first 30 days and 18% after 90 days.

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