Why Do Patients Leave against Medical Advice? Reasons, Consequences, Prevention, and Interventions

Why Do Patients Leave against Medical Advice? Reasons, Consequences, Prevention, and Interventions

Background: A patient decides to leave the hospital against medical advice. Is this an erratic eccentric behavior of the patient, or a gap in the quality of care provided by the hospital? With a significant and increasing prevalence of up to 1–2% of all hospital admissions, leaving against medical a...

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Main Authors: Asseel Albayati, Steven Douedi, Abbas Alshami, Mohammad A. Hossain, Shuvendu Sen, Vito Buccellato, Anamarrie Cutroneo, Jason Beelitz, Arif Asif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Healthcare
Subjects:
discharge
quality improvement
against medical advice
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DAMA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/111

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