Patients discharged against medical advice from a general medicine service

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 568-571

  Weingart, Saul N ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged patients; Discharge against medical advice; Medicaid; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PHYSICIAN;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0031718383     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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