The impact of leaving against medical advice on hospital resource utilization
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Vol. 15 (2) , 103-107
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.12068.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of hospital discharge against medical advice (AMA) on the interpretation of charges and length of stay attributable to alcoholism. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. Three...Keywords
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