Patients Discharged Against Medical Advice from a Psychiatric Hospital in Iran: A Prospective Study
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Patients discharged against medical advice from a psychiatric hospital in Iran: a prospective study.
AIM Self- discharged patients are at high risk for readmission and ultimately higher cost for care.We intended to find the proportion of patients who leave hospital against medical advice and explore some of their characteristics. METHODS This prospective study of discharge against medical advice was conducted in psychiatric wards of Zare hospital in Iran, 2011. A psychologist recorded some i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Journal of Health Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1916-9744,1916-9736
DOI: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n3p213