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...

It is estimated that as many as 2% of all US hospital discharges (approximately 500 000 per year) are designated as against medical advice1; that is, a patient chooses to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. The risks to these patients are significant. Compared with patients discharged conventionally, readmission rates for patients discharged against medical ad...

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