Open Access<p>Discharge Against Medical Advice from NICU in a Tertiary Hospital of Central Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Ram Prasad Pokhrel,
Radha Bhurtel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s268100
Subject(s) - against medical advice , cross sectional study , medicine , descriptive research , medical advice , family medicine , descriptive statistics , teaching hospital , pediatrics , medical record , nursing , statistics , mathematics , pathology , radiology
Discharge against medical advice (DAMA), leave against medical advice (LAMA), and self discharge have been used in similar circumstances to mean abandoning the physician's advice and deciding to leave the hospital abruptly without caring about possible outcomes. It is a sensitive issue common in NICUs across the developing world. To decrease NMR and under-5 mortality further, it is important to explore the factors leading to DAMA. Hence, this study aims to find the prevalence of DAMA, its causes, and related socio-demographic factors.