Investigation of Rate and Effective Factors on Discharge against Medical Advice in Psychiatric Patients Over a 10-Year Period

Investigation of Rate and Effective Factors on Discharge against Medical Advice in Psychiatric Patients Over a 10-Year Period

Discharge against medical advice (AMA) has a higher rate in the psychiatric ward than in other clinical wards. Discharge AMA increases both the patient’s and the hospital’s costs of delivering clinical care.

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Veröffentlicht in:Iranian journal of medical sciences 2024-07, Vol.49 (7), p.467-469
Hauptverfasser: Ebnehoseini, Zahra, Khorasani, Hediye, Koohjani, Zahra, Zibaei, Mina, Deghatipour, Amir, Saghebi, Ali, Ebrahimi, Ali Reza, Boroujerdi, Masoumeh, Mehri, Mohammad Reza, Tabesh, Hamed
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Admission and discharge
Adult
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Letter to Editor
Male
Medical societies
mental disorders
Mental Disorders - therapy
Middle Aged
Patient Discharge - standards
Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data
patient discharges
Psychiatric hospital care
Psychiatric hospitals
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Zusammenfassung:Discharge against medical advice (AMA) has a higher rate in the psychiatric ward than in other clinical wards. Discharge AMA increases both the patient’s and the hospital’s costs of delivering clinical care.
ISSN:0253-0716
1735-3688
1735-3688
DOI:10.30476/ijms.2024.99798.3193