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.

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Program HCAI, Healthcare Analytics Branch, Quality and Performance Section
Homepage URL https://hcai.ca.gov/visualizations/patients-leaving-california-hospitals-against-medical-advice-ama/
Temporal Coverage

2019-2020
Spatial/Geographic Coverage

Statewide
Geographic Granularity Statewide
Language English
Frequency Point in time
Data Collection Tool

HCAI obtains data from the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
License Terms of Use
Limitations Use of this data is subject to the CHHS Terms of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.
Additional Information

These data provides useful information about statewide primary diagnosis discharges for patients leaving against medical advice.
Related Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Citation

Healthcare Access and Information: Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice (AMA)
Last Updated March 24, 2022, 17:56 (UTC)