Frequency and trends of hospital discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large administrative database

Frequency and trends of hospital discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large administrative database

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to characterize hospitalizations associated with discharges against medical advice (DAMA) in a large, population-based data system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a retrospective cohort study on 11 436 500 hospital admissions. The hospital discharge records f...

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Main Authors: Mario Saia, Alessandra Buja, Domenico Mantoan, Chiara Bertoncello, Tatjana Baldovin, Giampietro Callegaro, Vincenzo Baldo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2014-12-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
delivery of health care
health care surveys
hospital administration
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000400011&lng=en&tlng=en

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