Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice (AMA)
These datasets focus on patients leaving California hospitals in 2019-2020 against medical advice (AMA), which is defined as choosing to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. Patients leaving AMA are exposed to higher risks due to inadequately treated medical issues, which may result in the need for readmission.
Data files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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All resource data | Download | ZIP | 08/29/24 |
Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice These datasets focus on patients leaving California hospitals in 2019-2020 against medical advice (AMA), which is defined as choosing to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. Patients leaving AMA are exposed to higher risks due to inadequately treated medical issues, which may result in the need for readmission. | Download | CSV | 10/29/23 |
Readmission Rates in Patients Recently Discharged AMA vs Not AMA These datasets focus on patients leaving California hospitals in 2019-2020 against medical advice (AMA), which is defined as choosing to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. Patients leaving AMA are exposed to higher risks due to inadequately treated medical issues, which may result in the need for readmission. | Download | CSV | 10/29/23 |
Supporting files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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Data Dictionary for Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice | PDF | 10/29/23 | |
Data Dictionary for Readmission Rates in Patients Previously Discharged AMA vs Not AMA | PDF | 10/29/23 |