A Nationally Representative Study on Discharge against Medical Advice among those Living with Epilepsy

Poor management of epilepsy may result in repeated seizures and increased hospital admissions [1,2]. Around 3% epilepsy patients leave hospital against medical advice which is strongly related to higher 30-day readmissions [3]. Proper discharge planning is vital to reduce medication errors, repeated seizures, and other adverse health outcomes. Thus, it is prudent to examine the trends and factors associated with discharges against medical advice (DAMA) among those living with epilepsy to inform future interventions to reduce the occurrence of DAMA.
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research