Discharge against Medical Advice among Children in Oman : A University Hospital Experience = الخروج ضد المشورة الطبية بين الأطفال في عمان : تجربة مستشفى جامعي | Zendy

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Discharge against Medical Advice among Children in Oman : A University Hospital Experience = الخروج ضد المشورة الطبية بين الأطفال في عمان : تجربة مستشفى جامعي

Author(s) -

Muna Al-Sadoon,

Khalid Al Shamousi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

sultan qaboos university medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258

H-Index - 27

eISSN - 2075-0528

pISSN - 2075-051X

DOI - 10.12816/0003312

Subject(s) - medicine , against medical advice , medical record , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , documentation , tertiary care , medical advice , health care , emergency medicine , family medicine , surgery , psychiatry , computer science , economics , programming language , economic growth

Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a major problem in healthcare delivery as it can complicate the health problems from which patients are suffering. The aim of this study was to understand DAMA among children in a tertiary teaching hospital in Oman and to evaluate the documentation of the events in the medical records.

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