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. 1991 Feb;81(2):212-5.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.81.2.212.

Discharges against medical advice at regional acute care hospitals

D B Smith  1 , J L Telles
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Discharges against medical advice at regional acute care hospitals

D B Smith et al. Am J Public Health. 1991 Feb.

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  • Am J Public Health 1991 May;81(5):567

Abstract

Data from 67 acute care hospitals in the Philadelphia metropolitan area indicate that there were 7,613 discharges against medical advice (AMA) in fiscal year 1987, or 1.20 percent of all discharges that year. Diagnosis-related group (DRG), type of insurance, and sex had independent effects on the rate of AMA discharges. Urban community hospitals had the highest percent of AMA discharges. Previous studies, done in teaching facilities, may have underestimated the rate of AMA discharges.

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