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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-9-11
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| pubmed:abstractText |
One hundred and ninety-eight AMA and 81 AWOL discharged patients were compared with a control group of 256 inpatients. Each group had sociodemographic and clinical characteristics which were predictors of their hospitalization outcome and both AMA/AWOL discharges were at high risk of readmission in the short and long-term following their discharge. These patients occupy a significant amount of hospital resources and have an adverse effect on ward milieu. Their management raises moral, ethical and medicolegal concerns. The data offers a Canadian perspective to the literature and discusses reasons for possible differences between AMA and AWOL discharges. Some remedial measures for the caring of these "revolving door patients" are suggested.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
May
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| pubmed:issn |
0706-7437
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
32
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
259-63
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-8-1
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Hospitals, Psychiatric,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Mental Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Patient Compliance,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Patient Discharge,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Patient Readmission,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Risk,
pubmed-meshheading:3607704-Social Environment
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| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Premature discharges: a comparative study.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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