Factors Associated With Patients Who Leave Acute-Care Hospitals Against Medical Advice
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Uncompleted emergency department care: patients who leave against medical advice.
OBJECTIVES To compare the patient characteristics, clinical conditions, and short-term recidivism rates of emergency department (ED) patients who leave against medical advice (AMA) with those who leave without being seen (LWBS) or complete their ED care. METHODS All eligible patients who visited the ED between July 1, 2004, and June 30, 2005 (N = 31,252) were classified into one of four group...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2006.100164