Comparison of Nutriwards and Nutrihuts in the Northern Mindanao Region (Region X) of the Republic of the Philippines

Abstract

Patients admitted to nutrihuts stayed longer and had a lower mortality rate during confinement than those admitted to nutriwards. There was a significant improvement in nutritional status during confinement in both nutriwards and nutrihuts and after discharge. The relapse rate was 23 per cent. The mortality rate after discharge in all institutions was 12.4 per cent, with patients of nutriwards having a mortality 12 times higher than that of patients discharged from nutrihuts.