Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) from an Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Description of the study participants.

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age (mean ± SD) (in years)	34.79 ± 12.37
Age (in years)
≤40	8497	73.9
>40	3008	26.1
Total	11505
Gender
Male	3293.00	29.6
Female	7821.00	70.4
Total	11113
Discharge classification
Discharge against medical advice	59.00	1
Admission to hospital	497.00	8.3
Home	5357.00	36.2
Discharged with outpatient appointment	55.00	0.9
Transfer to another healthcare facility	30.00	0.5
Total	5998
Triage category
Emergent	56.00	0.5
Urgent	2682.00	24.5
Less urgent	6676.00	60.9
Nonurgent	1521.00	13.9
Non-ER patient	22.00	0.20
Total	10955