ADVICE TO PATIENTS ON LEAVING THE HOSPITAL AFTER SURGICAL OPERATIONS
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Leaving hospital against medical advice among HIV-positive patients.
BACKGROUND Hospital discharge against medical advice, especially among substance-abusing populations, is a frustrating problem for health care providers. Because of the high prevalence of injection drug use among HIV-positive patients admitted to hospital in Vancouver, we explored the factors associated with leaving hospital against medical advice in this population. METHODS We reviewed recor...
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As the doors glide shut behind me, the world fl ares back into being— I exist again, recover myself, sunlight undimmed by dark panes, the heat on my arms the earth’s breath. The wind tongues me to my feet like a doe licking clean her newborn fawn. At my back, days measured by vital signs, my mouth opened and arm extended, the nighttime cries of a man withered child-size by cancer, and the bells...
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BACKGROUND Prior studies of patients leaving hospital against medical advice (AMA) have been limited by not being population-based or assessing only one type of patient. METHODS We used administrative data at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy to evaluate all adult residents of Manitoba, Canada discharged alive from acute care hospitals between April 1, 1990 and February 28, 2009. We ident...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
سال: 1913
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1913.04340150015003