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