Discharges against medical advice: time to address the causes.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Leaving the Hospital Against Medical Advice Among People Who Use Illicit Drugs: A Systematic Review.American journal of public health · 2015
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2. Inpatient opioid withdrawal: a qualitative study of the patient perspective.Internal and emergency medicine · 2024
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3. Making Sense: Treating Patients with Opioid Use Disorder through the Lens of Game Theory.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2024
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4. Temporal Trends and Predictors of Pancreatitis Patients Who Leave Against Medical Advice: A Nationwide Analysis.Gastroenterology research · 2020
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5. Retrospective Evaluation of Patients Leaving against Medical Advice in aTertiary Care Teaching Hospital.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2019
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6. Trends in Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis and Heart Valve Surgery, 2007 to 2017: A Study of Statewide Discharge Data.Annals of internal medicine · 2019
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7. Identification, Management, and Transition of Care for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department.Annals of emergency medicine · 2018
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8. Attitude of Health Care Workers (HCWs) toward Patients Affected by HIV/AIDS and Drug Users: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017
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9. Rate and Causes of Discharge against Medical Advice in Iranian Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2015
   Review
10. Patients discharged against medical advice from a psychiatric hospital in Iran: a prospective study.Global journal of health science · 2014
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11. Experiences with surgical treatment of chronic lower limb ulcers at a tertiary hospital in northwestern Tanzania: a prospective review of 300 cases.BMC dermatology · 2012
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12. A qualitative study to identify reasons for discharges against medical advice in the cardiovascular setting.BMJ open · 2012
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13. Discharge of children from hospital against medical advice.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2010
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14. "I'm going home": discharges against medical advice.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2009
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15. The drivers of self-discharge.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2003
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16. Physician Practices in Against Medical Advice Discharges.Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality
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Corrections and comments

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  The drivers of self-discharge.2003
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  Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients.2002

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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