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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/pdfs/section1_5.pdf
January 01, 2008 - Home Health
Care
10%
Another Short-
term Hospital
2%
In-hospital
Deaths
2% Against Medical
Advice … hospital (877,700 discharges), in-hospital deaths (811,200 discharges), or
discharge against medical advice … The number of patients who left the hospital against medical advice, although small, rose by 40 … Nineteen percent of all discharges against medical advice were uninsured, while only 5 percent of … Similarly, Medicaid covered 29 percent of discharges against medical advice, but only 18 percent
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/pdfs/FF_2009_exhibit1_4.pdf
January 01, 2009 - Home Health
Care
10%
Another Short-
term Hospital
2%
In-hospital
Deaths
2% Against Medical
Advice … The number of patients who left the hospital against medical advice, although small, rose by 46 … Twenty-one percent of all discharges against medical advice were uninsured, while only 6 percent … Similarly, Medicaid covered 31 percent of discharges against medical advice, but only 20 percent … Private insurance was the primary payer for only 17 percent of discharges against medical advice
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section5_3.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Other Facilities
Home Health Care
Another Short-term
Hospital
In-hospital Deaths
Against Medical
Advice … Three percent of uninsured
discharges occurred against medical advice, compared to less than 1 percent … P
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Discharges Against Medical Advice by Payer, 2007
Uninsured … Uninsured stays accounted for 22 percent of discharges against medical advice, but just six … Those billed to Medicaid accounted for 27 percent of discharges against medical
advice; they represented
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/exhibit1_5.jsp
January 01, 2008 - The number of patients who left the hospital against medical advice, although small, rose by 40 percent … All discharges and discharges against medical advice by payer, 2008. Column chart. … Discharges against medical advice: other: 4%; uninsured: 19%; private insurance: 20%; Medicaid: 29%; … Nineteen percent of all discharges against medical advice were uninsured, while only 5 percent of all … Similarly, Medicaid covered 29 percent of discharges against medical advice, but only 18 percent of all
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2009/exhibit1_4.jsp
January 01, 2009 - Discharges against medical advice: other: 4%; uninsured: 21%; private insurance: 17%; Medicaid: 31%; … Twenty-one percent of all discharges against medical advice were uninsured, while only 6 percent of all … Similarly, Medicaid covered 31 percent of discharges against medical advice, but only 20 percent of all … Private insurance was the primary payer for only 17 percent of discharges against medical advice but … Medicare-covered discharges accounted for 27 percent of stays discharged against medical advice and 37
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/pdfs/section5_4.pdf
January 01, 2008 - the United States, 2008 64
EXHIBIT 5.4 MH and SA Inpatient Hospital Discharges Against Medical Advice … Cost and Utilization Project,
Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2008.
370,000 Discharges
Against Medical Advice … MHSA* Inpatient Hospital Discharges Against Medical Advice (AMA)
as a Share of All Discharges AMA, … discharges in 2008, they accounted for
21 percent of all discharges leaving the hospital against medical advice … D
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Discharge Rate Against Medical Advice
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/figures/2005/2005_5_1B.jsp
January 01, 2005 - 3,350.2
Discharged to a nursing home
4,754.2
77.0
4,671.2
Discharged against medical advice … 116.725
Discharged to a nursing home
114.791
5.625
114.119
Discharged against medical advice … 2.6
9.0
Discharged to a nursing home
12.1
3.7
12.6
Discharged against medical advice … 1.6
98.3
Discharged to a nursing home
100.0
1.6
98.3
Discharged against medical advice
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/dispub92/nisnote.jsp
January 01, 2004 - or discontinued care
7
Against medical advice
08
Home under care of a Home IV provider … 7
Against medical advice
08
Home under care of a Home IV provider
8
Home IV provider … 7
Against medical advice
08
Home IV Service
8
Home IV provider
20
Expired … 7
Against medical advice
08, 8
Home on IV medications
8
Home IV provider
-- … 7
Against medical advice
08, 8
Home on IV medications
8
Home IV provider
--
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/exhibit5_3.jsp
January 01, 2007 - Patients discharged against medical advice were more likely to be uninsured. … Three percent of uninsured discharges occurred against medical advice, compared to less than 1 percent … (text version)
Uninsured stays accounted for 22 percent of discharges against medical advice, … Those billed to Medicaid accounted for 27 percent of discharges against medical advice; they represented … billed to private insurance and Medicare accounted for just under half of discharges against medical advice
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/dispub92/kidnote.jsp
January 01, 2004 - or discontinued care
7
Against medical advice
08
Home under care of a Home IV provider … 7
Against medical advice
08
Home under care of a Home IV provider
8
Home IV provider … 7
Against medical advice
08
Home IV Service
8
Home IV provider
20
Expired … 7
Against medical advice
08, 8
Home on IV medications
8
Home IV provider
-- … 7
Against medical advice
08, 8
Home on IV medications
8
Home IV provider
--
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/pdfs/section1_4.pdf
January 01, 2007 - Other
Facilities
Home Health Care
In-hospital Deaths
Another Short-term Hospital
Against Medical Advice … discharge to another short-term hospital, each with 0.8 million discharges, or discharge
against medical advice … States, 2007 14
55%
39%
32%
14%
9%
-1%
-10%
-20 0 20 40 60
Home Health Care
Against Medical Advice … The number of patients who left the hospital against medical advice, although small, rose by 39
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/dispuniform/nisnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - (AMA)
7
Against Medical Advice (AMA)
20
Died in Hospital
20
Died
40
Died at … 7
Against medical advice
11
Died
20
Died in hospital
13
Other (beginning in … 7
Against medical advice (AMA)
73
AWOL (Escape and patient whereabouts unknown)
70 … (beginning 7/05)
7
Against medical advice
70
Expired (beginning 7/05)
20
Died … (Valid through 6/05)
7
Against medical advice
71
Left against medical advice (beginning
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/vars/dispuniform/kidnote.jsp
September 01, 2008 - (AMA)
7
Against Medical Advice (AMA)
20
Died in Hospital
20
Died
40
Died at … 7
Against medical advice
11
Died
20
Died in hospital
13
Other (beginning in … 7
Against medical advice (AMA)
73
AWOL (Escape and patient whereabouts unknown)
70 … (beginning 7/05)
7
Against medical advice
70
Expired (beginning 7/05)
20
Died … (Valid through 6/05)
7
Against medical advice
71
Left against medical advice (beginning
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/exhibit5_4.jsp
January 01, 2008 - FACTS & FIGURES 2008 PDF
EXHIBIT 5.4 MH and SA Inpatient Hospital Discharges Against Medical Advice … (PDF)
MHSA inpatient hospital discharges against medical advice (AMA) as a share of all discharges … discharges; all other diagnoses: 79%, 292,300 discharges. 370,000 total discharges against medical advice … discharges in 2008, they accounted for 21 percent of all discharges leaving the hospital against medical advice … Discharge rate against medical advice (AMA) for MHSA and all other diagnoses, 2008. Column chart.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb78.pdf
August 01, 2009 - Hospitalizations in which Patients Leave the Hospital against Medical Advice (AMA), 2007 … Hospitalizations in which Patients
Leave the Hospital against Medical
Advice (AMA), 2007
Elizabeth … What happens to patients who leave against
medical advice? … However, all other hospital stays—those in which the patient did not leave against
medical advice—were … Hospitalizations in which Patients Leave the Hospital against Medical Advice (AMA),
2007.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2007/figures/2007_5_3b.jsp
January 01, 2007 - Exhibit 5.3 Discharge Status by Payer
Discharges Against Medical Advice by Payer, 2007 … Insurance
Uninsured
Other
All discharges
36
19
35
6
4
Discharges against medical advice
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/figures/2006/2006_1_6b.jsp
January 01, 2006 - Discharge Status
Percent Distribution of Routine Discharges and Discharges Against Medical Advice … by Payer, 2006
Percent Distribution
Routine
Against Medical Advice
Other*
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb144.pdf
August 01, 2011 - Although discharges against medical advice accounted for only 1 percent of all stays, they increased … Together, Medicaid and
uninsured stays accounted for over half of discharges against medical advice … Medicare was the second most common primary payer for discharges against medical advice (28 percent … Private insurance
was the fourth most common payer for discharges against medical advice (16 percent … Distribution of discharges against medical advice and all other
hospital stays by payer, 2010
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/figures/2006/2006_1_6a.jsp
January 01, 2006 - Care
9%
In-hospital Deaths
2%
Another Short-term Hospital
2%
Against Medical Advice … Discharge Status, 1997-2006
Percent Growth
Home Health Care
53%
Against Medical Advice
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb166.pdf
August 01, 2013 - ■ The total number of stays
discharged against medical advice
increased 41 percent between 1997 … The share of discharges
against medical advice by adults
aged 45–64 years increased from
27 percent … From 1997 to 2011, the
share of discharges against medical
advice increased from 25 percent to
29 … by patient age, 1997–2011
The number of hospital stays discharged against medical advice increased … Adults aged 18–44 years accounted for 56 percent of
stays discharged against medical advice in 1997