Association of Hospital Discharge Against Medical Advice With Readmission and In-Hospital Mortality
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BACKGROUND Leaving hospital against medical advice may have adverse consequences. Previous studies have been limited by evaluating specific types of patients, small sample sizes and incomplete determination of outcomes. We hypothesized that leaving hospital against medical advice would be associated with increases in subsequent readmission and death. METHODS In a population-based analysis inv...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Network Open
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2574-3805
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6009