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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Oct 30, 2007
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Factors Associated With Patients Who Leave Acute-Care Hospitals Against Medical Advice

Said A. Ibrahim, MD, MPH, C. Kent Kwoh, MD and Eswar Krishnan, MD, MPH

Said A. Ibrahim is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pa. C. Kent Kwoh is with the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veterans Administration Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, and the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh. Eswar Krishnan is with the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh.


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  		FIGURE 1— The proportion of hospitalized patients leaving acute-care hospitals against medical advice, by their primary diagnostic category: Nationwide Inpatient Sample of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, 2002

Note. P < .001 for tests of heterogeneity.

 




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