Increased Risk of Mortality and Readmission among Patients Discharged Against Medical Advice
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Readmission Rates of Patients Discharged against Medical Advice: A Matched Cohort Study
OBJECTIVE We compared the readmission rates and the pattern of readmission among patients discharged against medical advice (AMA) to control patients discharged with approval over a one-year follow-up period. METHODS A retrospective matched-cohort study of 656 patients(328 were discharged AMA) who were followed for one year after their initial hospitalization at an urban university-affiliated...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0002-9343
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.12.017