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 | 01/16/25 |
Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice 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, patient age, expected payer, primary diagnosis, race/ethnicity group, and sex. | Download | CSV | 01/16/25 |
Readmission Rates in Patients Recently Discharged AMA vs Not AMA This dataset contains counts of readmissions, discharges, and readmission rates among patients who were readmitted in a single calendar year. The data indicates if the previous discharge was against medical advice, and how many days passed between each discharge and subsequent readmission. | Download | CSV | 01/16/25 |