Predicting, preventing and managing AMA discharges

dc.contributor.author	Bearelly, Dilip	eng
dc.date.issued	2009-04	eng
dc.description.abstract	Discharge against medical advice (AMA), in which the patient chooses to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge, continues to be a common and vexing problem, especially for hospitalists. Between 1% and 2% of all medical admissions end in an AMA discharge.	eng
dc.description.bibref	Includes bibliographical references	eng
dc.format.extent	3 Pages : illustrations	eng
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10355/61741
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Missouri hospitalist, issue 16 (2009 April 29)	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.source	Harvested from the American Journal of Hospital Medicine website (http://medicine2.missouri.edu/jahm/) in 2018.	eng
dc.subject	discharge against medical advice (AMA), at-risk group, morbidity and mortality	eng
dc.title	Predicting, preventing and managing AMA discharges	eng
dc.type	Article	eng