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Factors Associated With Patients Who Leave Acute-Care Hospitals Against Medical Advice

Author(s) -

Said A. Ibrahim,

C. Kent Kwoh,

Eswar Krishnan

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.100164

Subject(s) - medicine , medicaid , confidence interval , against medical advice , logistic regression , odds ratio , healthcare cost and utilization project , acute care , health care , family medicine , emergency medicine , odds , hospital medicine , emergency department , demography , pediatrics , psychiatry , economics , economic growth , sociology

We examined hospital- and patient-related factors associated with discharge against medical advice (termed self-discharge) after emergency admission to acute-care hospitals.

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