Research Article
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 | |
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