Computerized diet analysis in home care.

K L Osborne

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Computerized diet analysis in home care.

K L Osborne

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The computer makes diet analysis a practical, efficient tool for evaluation of patient status and progress, and many optional programs and prices are now available. Seattle/King County Visiting Nurse Services contracts with a nearby university to provide the agency with an economical and accurate system.

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K L Osborne. 1990. Computerized diet analysis in home care.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10108360/

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