Investigation of Rate and Effective Factors on Discharge against Medical Advice in Psychiatric Patients Over a 10-Year Period [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Medical SciencesDischarge against medical advice (AMA) has a higher rate in the psychiatric ward than in other clinical wards. Discharge AMA increases both the patient’s and the hospital’s costs of delivering clinical care.
Zahra Ebnehoseini +9 more
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Causes of Discharge against Medical Advice in patients of a Number of Selected Hospitals [PDF]
پژوهشهای سلامتمحور, 2017 Background & Objectives: Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) is one of the important concerns of health systems. This could be potentially life-threatening and cause readmission.
Rahil Ghorbani, Mahbobe Moradi Magin
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Discharge against Medical Advice in Emergency Department
طب اورژانس ایران, 2015 Introduction: Discharge against medical advice (AMA) is the patient voluntarily leaving the hospital against the physician’s advice, which might indicate a problem in the hospital or the quality of care in it.
Payman Asadi +3 more
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Discharge against medical Advice and its related factors in Ghods Psychiatric Hospital in Sanandaj during 2017 [PDF]
مجله علمی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی کردستانIntroduction: Discharge against Medical Advice (DAM) is a process during which the patient leaves the hospital without completing the course of treatment and with the consent of the doctor.
narges shams-alizadeh +3 more
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Uncompleted emergency department care and discharge against medical advice in patients with neurological complaints: a chart review [PDF]
BMC Emergency Medicine, 2019 Background Uncompleted emergency department care and against-medical-advice discharge represent relevant medical problems with impact on patient safety and potential medicolegal and socioeconomic consequences.
Carolin Hoyer +4 more
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COVID-19 outbreak impact on discharge against medical advice from the ED: A retrospective study. [PDF]
Am J Emerg Med, 2022 Aydin H, Doğan H.
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Reasons for Discharge against Medical Advice: A Case Study of Emergency Departments in Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2013 BackgroundIncomplete hospitalization is the cause of disease relapse, readmission, and increase in medical costs. Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA) in emergency department (ED) is critical for hospitals.
Kaveh Noohi +3 more
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Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat, 2017 Background: Discharge against medical advices is leaving hospital despite medical advice, which can be a sign of the patient's dissatisfaction and a significant challenge for health system managers.
Zhila Najafpour +5 more
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An alternative view of self-discharge against medical advice : an opportunity to demonstrate empathy, empowerment, and care [PDF]
, 2018 In this article, we present the experiences of discharging against medical advice from the perspectives of 17 hospital and community-based health care practitioners, and 16 patients, and relatives from a range of medical and surgical wards ...
Laura L. Machin +5 more
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International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2023 Patients who are discharge against medical advice (DAMA) present significant challenges on clinical, ethical, financial, and legal levels. Despite its multilevel impact, the factors explaining and predicting DAMA in different regions of the world remain ...
Kim Sadler +5 more
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