Patients who leave the emergency department against medical advice
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Patients who leave the emergency department against medical advice
STUDY OBJECTIVE This study describes the current documentation practices of health-care providers in the emergency department (ED) during the discharge against medical advice (AMA) process. METHODS This retrospective cohort study reviewed health care provider documentation of adult patients who left an ED AMA in one year. Each encounter documentation was reviewed for eight medicolegal standar...
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BACKGROUND Some reports indicate financial concerns as a factor affecting ED patients leaving the acute care setting against medical advice (AMA). In India, no person is supposed to be denied urgent care because of inability to pay. Since a large proportion of the Indian health care system is financed by out-of-pocket expenses, we investigate the role of financial constraints for ED patients at...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2383-4625
DOI: 10.15441/ceem.15.015