against medical advice (AMA)
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Notes
* risk factors for discharge of elderly against medical advice
* risk factors affecting all ages
- male
- having Medicaid or no insurance
- being treated in an urban nonteaching hospital
- mental health hospitalization[2]
References
- ↑ Diagnostic History & Physical Examination in Medicine, Chan & Winkle, Current Clinical Strategies, Laguna Hills, CA 1996
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Levieveld C, Leipzig R, Gaber-Baylis LK et al Discharge Against Medical Advice of Elderly Inpatients in the United States. J Am Ger Soc. Jun 19, 2017 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28626991 <Internet> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.14985/abstract