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Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice Data Set

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Department of Health Care Access and Information
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December 10, 2025
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This dataset contains counts of discharges as well as a breakdown of discharge counts among those patients leaving against medical advice. The data is categorized by year of discharge, admission type, assigned sex at birth, patient age, expected payer, homeless status, primary diagnosis, and race/ethnicity group.

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