Meeting
Abstract Number: 343
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: The principle that patients have the right to make choices about their healthcare, including the decision to leave the hospital against the advice of the medical staff, is a foundation of medical ethics. Consistently, studies have found disproportionately higher rates of readmission and mortality for patients who leave against medical advice (AMA) as compared to patients who are conventionally discharged. This mixed-methods study aimed to: […]