Open AccessFactors 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.