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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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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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Factors Associated With Premature Discharge of Patients With Psychosis Against Medical Advice [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry, 2006 Objective: This study was conducted to identify the characteristics of patients with psychosis who had escaped from hospital or were discharged prematurely and against medical advice.
P. Jafar Nejad +3 more
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Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2021 Introduction: Leave against medical advice has a potentially deleterious effect on the health of a child. This is particularly alarming in case of pediatric patients as they are unable to understand the implications of it and rely on parents to make ...
Sahisnuta Basnet +3 more
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Against Medical Advice Discharges [PDF]
Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2017 The “Things We Do for No Reason” (TWDFNR) series reviews practices which have become common parts of hospital care but which may provide little value to our patients. Practices reviewed in the TWDFNR series do not represent “black and white” conclusions or clinical practice standards, but are meant as a starting place for research and active ...
David, Alfandre +2 more
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Discharge against medical advice: Factors and patients′ characteristics in Abuth, Zaria
Sahel Medical Journal, 2011 Background: Discharge against medical advice presents ethical dilemma to the medical staff and reflects a failure to reach consensus between the medical personnel and the patient or his/her custodian regarding the need for continued in-patient care.
T Dahiru, S H Idris, J llyas, T Bot
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Predictors of Discharge Against Medical Advice in a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 Karen Zwi, G D Mcdonald, Aldo Saavedra
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International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Self-discharge is a risk factor for readmission and excess mortality. We assess the rate of self-discharge from the emergency department (ED) among presentations for acute recreational drug toxicity and identify factors associated with self ...
Odd Martin Vallersnes +19 more
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Reconsidering Against Medical Advice Discharges [PDF]
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2014 The Author Replies—I appreciate Dr. Meyer’s correction regarding the exclusion for Against Medical Advice (AMA) discharges in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) readmission calculation. I also agree that the current CMS readmission calculations may have an impact on hospital discharge practices.
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Discharges Against Medical Advice:. [PDF]
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2006 Prior literature suggests that blacks are more likely to be discharged against medical advice (DAMA).We examined whether DAMA from general hospitals varies by race/ethnicity and whether this variation is explained by individual and hospital factors.
Peter, Franks +2 more
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