Investigation of Rate and Effective Factors on Discharge against Medical Advice in Psychiatric Patients Over a 10-Year Period

نویسندگان
Khorasani, Hediye ID 1
Koohjani, Zahra ID 2
Ebrahimi, Ali Reza ID 3
Boroujerdi, Masoumeh ID 4
Ebnehoseini, Zahra ID 5
Zibaei, Mina ID 6
Deghatipour, Amir ID 7
Saghebi, Ali ID 8
Mehri, Mohammad Reza ID 9
Tabesh, Hamed ID 10

1 Department of Health Information Technologies, Emam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2 Department of Health Information Technologies, Unit of Economic Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

4 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

5 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

6 Department of Health Information Management, Shahid Hasheminejad Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

7 Department of Health Information Management, Ibn-e-Sina Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

8 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

9 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

10 Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

doi
10.30476/ijms.2024.99798.3193
چکیده

Discharge against medical advice (AMA) has a higher rate in the psychiatric ward than in other clinical wards. Discharge AMA increases both the patient’s and the hospital’s costs of delivering clinical care. 

کلیدواژه‌ها
Patient discharges, Hospitals, Mental disorders