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

• Main Authors: Mario Saia (Author), Alessandra Buja (Author), Domenico Mantoan (Author), Chiara Bertoncello (Author), Tatjana Baldovin (Author), Giampietro Callegaro (Author), Vincenzo Baldo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...