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Discharge against Medical Advice among Inpatients with Heart Disease in Iran

BACKGROUND: Discharge against medical advice (DAMA) is a relatively common problem worldwide. We sought to determine the prevalence of and reasons for DAMA among inpatients of our cardiac center. METHODS: From a total of 20289 discharges from our cardiac teaching hospital, 992 (4.9%) patients at a m...

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Autores principales: Manouchehri, Jila, Goodarzynejad, Hamidreza, Khoshgoftar, Zohreh, Sheikh Fathollahi, Mahmood, Aghamohammadi Abyaneh, Maryam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466903/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23074641