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Patients Discharged Against Medical Advice Impact Their Own Outcomes and the Health Care System
July 08, 2025
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 8 -- The American College of Surgeons issued the following news release:

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Patients Discharged Against Medical Advice Impact Their Own Outcomes and the Health Care System

CHICAGO -- Around 1-2% of all inpatient hospitalizations result in the patient being discharged against medical advice (DAMA), leading to over $800 million in annual associated health care costs.* To further understand the impact of DAMA, researchers evaluated t . . .

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