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Investigation of Rate and Effective Factors on Discharge against Medical Advice in Psychiatric Patients Over a 10-Year Period [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Discharge 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, Hediye Khorasani, Zahra Koohjani, Mina Zibaei, Amir Deghatipour, Ali Saghebi, Ali Reza Ebrahimi, Masoumeh Boroujerdi, Mohammad Reza Mehri, Hamed Tabesh   +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
doaj   +1 more source

National survey on discharge against medical advice among patients with musculoskeletal trauma in Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2022
Background: Patients in our environment sometimes discharge themselves against medical advice. Many of them do this due to the cost of treatment and a belief in the efficacy of traditional bone setters (TBS).
Christian Chukwuemeka Madubueze, Ugochukwu Chinyem Madubueze, Njoku Isaac Omoke, Alfred F. I. Una, Oladimeji Ranti Babalola, Sikiru Alabi, Edwin Maduakonam Dim   +6 more
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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, Behzad Zohrevandi, Vahid Monsef Kasmaei, Bahnaz Heidari Bateni   +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 کردستان
Introduction: 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, marzieh mogadam, zahra ansari, fayegh yousefi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leave Against Medical Advice among Neonates Admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a Tertiary Care Centre: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2023
Introduction: Leave against medical advice is a condition in which a patient leaves the hospital against the treating physician's recommendation and is a sensitive issue occurring frequently in neonatal intensive care units across the developing world ...
Yograj Sharma, Om Krishna Pathak, Asmita Sharma, Suvekhsya Khanal, Niruta Baral, Sagar Shrestha, Pradeep Adhikari   +6 more
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Discharge against medical advice from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 10 years experience at a University Hospital

Journal of Family and Community Medicine, 2013
Background: Discharging patients against medical advice is a problem of every age-group. However, because of their physiological vulnerability, the risk for the neonatal population is greater when discharged against medical advice (DAMA). This article is
Hatim K Al-Turkistani
doaj   +2 more sources

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, Patrick Stein, Angelika Alonso, Michael Platten, Kristina Szabo   +4 more
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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, Samaneh Komsari, Nouzar Nakhaee, Vahid Yazdi Feyzabadi   +3 more
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COVID-19 outbreak impact on discharge against medical advice from the ED: A retrospective study [PDF]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2022
Håkan Aydin, Halil Dogan
exaly   +2 more sources