Readmission rates of patients discharged against medical advice: a matched cohort study.

OBJECTIVE: We compared the readmission rates and the pattern of readmission among patients discharged against medical advice (AMA) to control patients discharged with approval over a one-year follow-up period. METHODS: A retrospective matched-cohort study of 656 patients(328 were discharged AMA) who...

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Main Authors: Mark Choi, Haerin Kim, Hong Qian, Anita Palepu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3169593?pdf=render