Background: Discharged against medical advice (DAMA) is defined as any instance when a patient wants to leave the hospital managing physician’s decision. This study aimed identify factors that influence patients decide be DAMA. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study. The was conducted in emergency department (ED) of King Fahad Medical City (KFMC)-Saudi Arabia-Riyadh city. questionnaire b...

Abstract Background To explore the roots of DAMA in Roozbeh Hospital, an academic mental hospital located Tehran, Iran, authors conducted a simple qualitative study. Twenty-four in-depth semi-structured interviews with families and eight patients who were discharged against medical advice done about inner motivation DAMA. The sampling was convenient trying to reach maximum variation. transcribe...

Objective: To predict hospital stay by using various clinical parameters at admission.Patients and Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted over a period of one year (Jan – Dec 2010) in a tertiary level teaching hospital in North India. Out of 344 neonates admitted, 41 left against medical advice and were excluded. At time of admission, initial vital signs were noted along wi...

INTRODUCTION Discharge against medical advice from the hospital is an important issue from point of view of treatment management, health costs as well as the side effects of treatment stop on patients and their accompanying. Therefore, health managers and planners should consider the predisposing factors that change patient's mind in this regard. Since, there has been no study to carefully asse...