Open AccessHospital Admission for Schizophrenia and Discharge Against Medical Advice in the United States
Author(s) -
David A. Sclar,
Linda M. Robison
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6699
pISSN - 1523-5998
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.09m00827yel
Subject(s) - medicine , against medical advice , logistic regression , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medical advice , healthcare cost and utilization project , population , hospital discharge , emergency medicine , health care , psychiatry , pediatrics , environmental health , economics , economic growth
Hospital discharge against medical advice may leave a patient at risk for adverse health outcomes and/or readmission, yet little is known regarding its occurrence, especially among patients with mental illness. The objective of this study was to discern the prevalence of, and predictive factors for, being discharged against medical advice among hospitalized patients with a primary diagnosis of schizophrenia.