What happens to patients discharged against medical advice?
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What happens to patients who leave hospital against medical advice?
BACKGROUND Patients who leave hospital against medical advice (AMA) may be at risk of adverse health outcomes and readmission. In this study we examined rates of readmission and predictors of readmission among patients leaving hospital AMA. METHODS We prospectively studied 97 consecutive patients who left the general medicine service of an urban teaching hospital AMA. Each patient was matched...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0972-5229,1998-359X
DOI: 10.4103/ijccm.ijccm_101_18