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

• Auteurs principaux: Mario Saia (Auteur), Alessandra Buja (Auteur), Domenico Mantoan (Auteur), Chiara Bertoncello (Auteur), Tatjana Baldovin (Auteur), Giampietro Callegaro (Auteur), Vincenzo Baldo (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...